água

See also: agua, aguá, and aguà

Portuguese
Água

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese agua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Italic *akʷā (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with Galician auga, Spanish agua, Catalan aigua, Occitan aiga, French eau, Italian acqua and Romanian apă.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡwɐ/
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈa.ɣwɐ]
      • Audio (PT)(file)
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): [ˈa.ɡwɐ]
  • Hyphenation: á‧gua

Noun

água f (plural águas)

  1. water

Descendants
  • Angolar: awa
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: iagu
  • Kabuverdianu: agu
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: ag
  • Kristang: agu
  • Papiamentu: awa
  • Principense: awa
  • Sãotomense: awa
    • Annobonese: aua

Further reading
  • água in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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