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
Example Sentences
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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
The manufacture of aguardiente is a government monopoly, which is farmed out to contractors.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
He sat upon the ground, exchanging jokes with the ruffians, drinking their aguardiente and smoking their best cigars, like a jovial comrade.
From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick
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