agua
1 Americannoun
noun
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aguas
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of agua1
From Latin aqua "water"
Origin of agua2
First recorded in 1830–35; from New Latin Bufo agua, an early scientific name for the cane toad (Rhinella marina), with agua shortened from aguaquaquan, an early name of this toad
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Standouts include the carnitas tacos and tamarind agua fresca at El Taco Torro, creative pies at Pizza Luna, house-smoked barbecue from Rollin Nolen’s BBQ, and Indian and Nepalese street food from Momo Dosa.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Live Más Café’s menu items include specialty drinks like Coffee and Churro Chillers, agua frescas, coffees and other cult-favorite foods.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024
Sarah Ramos, still holding an agua fresca, stood up from her table and joined the march with two friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2022
Known in Mexico as agua de Jamaica and throughout the Caribbean as sorrel, the drink is made by simmering and steeping dried hibiscus blossoms with spices.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2022
But these poisonings from the agua mala came quickly and struck like a whiplash.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
Fruit sellers peddling strawberries and mangoes from the back of their trucks along with refreshing aguas frescas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
But if you’re at a Latin American taqueria, it’s probably that most ubiquitous of aguas frescas, agua de Jamaica, gleaming from a plastic drink dispenser on the edge of the counter.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
Before the pandemic, La Tilma served a full Mexican menu, including plates with huevos rancheros, burritos and aguas frescas, for under $5 to the public on the weekends.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
For the full street-food effect, wash back a meal with one of the taqueria’s refreshing aguas frescos, maybe sweet-tangy tamarind.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2021
We usually get ice cream or aguas frescas from the town square and then take a “tour” of Los Ojos, even though I’ve been here before.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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