Agua

La palabra de hoy es: 'agua' = water.

In Spanish, the word 'agua' is either:

• A feminine noun of Latin origin and meaning water.
• A form of the verb 'aguar' (to water down), in which case, it means he/ she waters down

Grammar.- The noun "agua" belongs to a group of Spanish nouns which, despite being of feminine gender, they they require a masculine article "el" instead of "la" (i.e.: 'el agua'). This rule does not apply to the plural ("aguas"), nor when there is another word in between the article and the noun 'agua' (for example "la cristalina agua"/ "las aguas").


A selection of the many Spanish expressions with noun 'agua' is:

• Agua bendita (holy water)
  
• Agua caliente (hot water)
• Agua corriente (tap/ running water)
• Agua destilada (distilled water)
• Agua de borrajas (something not important at all)
• Agua de cepas (wine-colloquially)
• Agua de colonia (eau de cologne)
• Agua de coco (coconut water)
• Agua de mesa (bottled drinking water)
• Agua de Seltz (carbonated water)
• Agua de rosas (rose water)
• Agua dura (hard water)
• Agua dulce (fresh water)
• Agua fuerte (nitric acid)
• Agua mineral (mineral water)
• Agua mineral con gas (sparkling mineral water)
• Agua mineral sin gas (still mineral water)
• Agua oxigenada (peroxide/ hydrogen peroxide)
• Agua potable (drinking water)
• Agua salada (salt water)
• Aguas negras (sewage)
• Agua nieve (sleet)
• Agua tónica (tonic water)
• Pescado de agua dulce (fresh water fish)

Some examples of the use of the word 'agua' are:

• Un vaso de agua, por favor (a glass of water, please)
• Sin agua, la vida es imposible (no life is possible without water) 
• Aquí nadie agua el vino (nobody waters down the wine here)

Love-Spanish.com loves the word 'vino' in the YouTube clip in which Jarabe de Palo sing: Agua

 

For more on the word 'agua', visit: Wordreference.com/es/en/ Agua

 

 *NB 'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “agua” in the link to hear the word pronounced.

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