aguardiente
Americannoun
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a type of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
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a liquor, popular in South and Central America, made from sugarcane.
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(in Spanish-speaking countries) any distilled spirit.
noun
Etymology
Origin of aguardiente
An Americanism first recorded in 1815–25; from Spanish, contraction of agua ardiente literally, “fiery water”; see aqua, ardent
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Each volador takes a turn walking around the tree with the incense and flowers, and sprinkling it with holy water and aguardiente.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Lexicographer Francisco Sobrino defined ponche or diapente, in 1732, as an English drink made with aguardiente, water, lime and sugar.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2022
While the mourners weep and drink coffee with aguardiente, Connie enters a dark room full of farming implements.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 12, 2010
I myself, though I drink not of aguardiente, am accused of fantasies for all time.
From The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales by Bret Harte
Of the three Americanos who founded yonder town, one was shot, another died of a fever—poisoned, you understand, by the soil—and the last got himself crazy of aguardiente.
From A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready by Bret Harte
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