agua

See also: aguá, água, and aguà

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

agua f (plural agües)

  1. water
  • acuariu
  • acuáticu
  • acuosu
  • agüeru

Catalan

Verb

agua

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of aguar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of aguar

Chamorro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua.

Noun

agua

  1. water

References

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua, from Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua (compare Catalan aigua, French eau, Galician auga, Italian acqua, Occitan aiga, Portuguese água, Romanian apă, Sardinian abba), from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. See English ea.

Noun

agua

  1. water

References

Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese agua, from Latin aqua.

Noun

agua

  1. water

References

  • Apuntes socio-históricos y lingüísticos sobre a Fala do Val de Xalima

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡwa/, [ˈa.ɣwa]

Noun

agua f (uncountable)

  1. (proscribed) Alternative form of auga

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

agua f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אגווה‎)

  1. water

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Italic *akʷā (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡwa/

Noun

agua f

  1. water

Descendants

  • Fala: agua
  • Galician: auga, agua
  • Portuguese: água, auga
    • Angolar: awa
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: iagu
    • Kabuverdianu: águ
    • Korlai Creole Portuguese: ag
    • Kristang: agu
    • Papiamentu (?): awa
    • Principense: awa
    • Sãotomense: awa
      • Annobonese: aua

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈa.ɣwa]

Noun

agua f (plural aguas)

  1. water
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v. b.
      Vino ioſep aſos ermanos. e priſierõ le & deſpoiarõle el palio. e echarōle en el pozo. & este pozo era bazio e no yauia agua.
      Joseph came to this brothers; they imprisoned him and unclothed him and threw him into the well, and this well was empty and had no water.
    • Idem, f. 13v. b.
      Tornarõ ſe todas las aguas ẽ ſãgre.
      And all of the waters turned into blood.

Descendants

  • Ladino: agua (Latin spelling), אגוא‎ (Hebrew spelling)
  • Spanish: agua

Palenquero

Noun

agua

  1. water

References

  • Manuel Diaz-Campos, The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics (2011, →ISBN)

Portuguese

Noun

agua f (plural aguas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of água

Sinacantán

Noun

agua

  1. moon

References

  • Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

Spanish

Agua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡwa/, [ˈaɣwa]
  • Audio (Latin America)(file)

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua (compare Catalan aigua, French eau, Galician auga, Italian acqua, Occitan aiga, Portuguese água, Romanian apă, Sardinian abba), from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. See English ea.

Noun

agua f (plural aguas)

  1. water
    Quiere un vaso de agua fresca. ― He wants a glass of cold water.
  2. body of water
    Synonym: cuerpo de agua
  3. rain
    Synonyms: lluvia, aguacero
  4. (archaic) river, stream
  5. (slang, in the plural) urine
    Synonym: orina
  6. (Guatemala) pop, soda (soft drink)
    Voy a comprar algo de agua. ― I'm gonna buy some pop.
    Deme agua Pepsi. ― Give me Pepsi.
    Synonyms: soda, bebida (Chile), gaseosa (El Salvador, Spain), refresco (Mexico)
  7. (Latin America) infusion
Usage notes
  • The feminine noun agua is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
el agua
  • However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.
  • In Guatemala, since agua prototypically refers to a soft drink, the phrase agua pura is used to refer to water.
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

agua

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of aguar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of aguar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of aguar.

Further reading

Swahili

Verb

-agua (infinitive kuagua)

  1. to divine, foretell, predict

Conjugation

Conjugation of -agua
Non-finite forms
Form Positive Negative
Infinitive kuagua kutoagua
Simple finite forms
Positive form Singular Plural
Imperative agua agueni
Habitual huagua
Complex finite forms
Polarity Persons Persons / Classes Classes
1st 2nd 3rd / M-wa M-mi Ma Ki-vi N U Ku Pa Mu
Sg. Pl. Sg. Pl. Sg. / 1 Pl. / 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 / 14 15 / 17 16 18
Past
Positive niliagua
naliagua		 tuliagua
twaliagua		 uliagua
waliagua		 mliagua
mwaliagua		 aliagua waliagua uliagua iliagua liliagua yaliagua kiliagua viliagua iliagua ziliagua uliagua kuliagua paliagua muliagua
Relative nilioagua
nalioagua		 tulioagua
twalioagua		 ulioagua
walioagua		 mlioagua
mwalioagua		 alioagua walioagua ulioagua ilioagua lilioagua yalioagua kilioagua vilioagua ilioagua zilioagua ulioagua kulioagua palioagua mulioagua
Negative sikuagua hatukuagua hukuagua hamkuagua hakuagua hawakuagua haukuagua haikuagua halikuagua hayakuagua hakikuagua havikuagua haikuagua hazikuagua haukuagua hakukuagua hapakuagua hamukuagua
Present
Positive ninaagua
naagua		 tunaagua unaagua mnaagua anaagua wanaagua unaagua inaagua linaagua yanaagua kinaagua vinaagua inaagua zinaagua unaagua kunaagua panaagua munaagua
Relative ninaoagua
naoagua		 tunaoagua unaoagua mnaoagua anaoagua wanaoagua unaoagua inaoagua linaoagua yanaoagua kinaoagua vinaoagua inaoagua zinaoagua unaoagua kunaoagua panaoagua munaoagua
Negative siagui hatuagui huagui hamagui haagui hawaagui hauagui haiagui haliagui hayaagui hakiagui haviagui haiagui haziagui hauagui hakuagui hapaagui hamuagui
Future
Positive nitaagua tutaagua utaagua mtaagua ataagua wataagua utaagua itaagua litaagua yataagua kitaagua vitaagua itaagua zitaagua utaagua kutaagua pataagua mutaagua
Relative nitakaoagua tutakaoagua utakaoagua mtakaoagua atakaoagua watakaoagua utakaoagua itakaoagua litakaoagua yatakaoagua kitakaoagua vitakaoagua itakaoagua zitakaoagua utakaoagua kutakaoagua patakaoagua mutakaoagua
Negative sitaagua hatutaagua hutaagua hamtaagua hataagua hawataagua hautaagua haitaagua halitaagua hayataagua hakitaagua havitaagua haitaagua hazitaagua hautaagua hakutaagua hapataagua hamutaagua
Subjunctive
Positive niague tuague uague mague aague waague uague iague liague yaague kiague viague iague ziague uague kuague paague muague
Negative nisiague tusiague usiague msiague asiague wasiague usiague isiague lisiague yasiague kisiague visiague isiague zisiague usiague kusiague pasiague musiague
Present Conditional
Positive ningeagua tungeagua ungeagua mngeagua angeagua wangeagua ungeagua ingeagua lingeagua yangeagua kingeagua vingeagua ingeagua zingeagua ungeagua kungeagua pangeagua mungeagua
Negative nisingeagua
singeagua		 tusingeagua
hatungeagua		 usingeagua
hungeagua		 msingeagua
hamngeagua		 asingeagua
hangeagua		 wasingeagua
hawangeagua		 usingeagua
haungeagua		 isingeagua
haingeagua		 lisingeagua
halingeagua		 yasingeagua
hayangeagua		 kisingeagua
hakingeagua		 visingeagua
havingeagua		 isingeagua
haingeagua		 zisingeagua
hazingeagua		 usingeagua
haungeagua		 kusingeagua
hakungeagua		 pasingeagua
hapangeagua		 musingeagua
hamungeagua
Past Conditional
Positive ningaliagua tungaliagua ungaliagua mngaliagua angaliagua wangaliagua ungaliagua ingaliagua lingaliagua yangaliagua kingaliagua vingaliagua ingaliagua zingaliagua ungaliagua kungaliagua pangaliagua mungaliagua
Negative nisingaliagua
singaliagua		 tusingaliagua
hatungaliagua		 usingaliagua
hungaliagua		 msingaliagua
hamngaliagua		 asingaliagua
hangaliagua		 wasingaliagua
hawangaliagua		 usingaliagua
haungaliagua		 isingaliagua
haingaliagua		 lisingaliagua
halingaliagua		 yasingaliagua
hayangaliagua		 kisingaliagua
hakingaliagua		 visingaliagua
havingaliagua		 isingaliagua
haingaliagua		 zisingaliagua
hazingaliagua		 usingaliagua
haungaliagua		 kusingaliagua
hakungaliagua		 pasingaliagua
hapangaliagua		 musingaliagua
hamungaliagua
Conditional Contrary to Fact
Positive ningeliagua tungeliagua ungeliagua mngeliagua angeliagua wangeliagua ungeliagua ingeliagua lingeliagua yangeliagua kingeliagua vingeliagua ingeliagua zingeliagua ungeliagua kungeliagua pangeliagua mungeliagua
General Relative
Positive niaguao tuaguao uaguao maguao aaguao waaguao uaguao iaguao liaguao yaaguao kiaguao viaguao iaguao ziaguao uaguao kuaguao paaguao muaguao
Negative nisioagua tusioagua usioagua msioagua asioagua wasioagua usioagua isioagua lisioagua yasioagua kisioagua visioagua isioagua zisioagua usioagua kusioagua pasioagua musioagua
Gnomic
Positive naagua twaagua waagua mwaagua aagua waagua waagua yaagua laagua yaagua chaagua vyaagua yaagua zaagua waagua kwaagua paagua mwaagua
Perfect
Positive nimeagua tumeagua umeagua mmeagua ameagua wameagua umeagua imeagua limeagua yameagua kimeagua vimeagua imeagua zimeagua umeagua kumeagua pameagua mumeagua
"Already"
Positive nimeshaagua tumeshaagua umeshaagua mmeshaagua ameshaagua wameshaagua umeshaagua imeshaagua limeshaagua yameshaagua kimeshaagua vimeshaagua imeshaagua zimeshaagua umeshaagua kumeshaagua pameshaagua mumeshaagua
"Not yet"
Negative sijaagua hatujaagua hujaagua hamjaagua hajaagua hawajaagua haujaagua haijaagua halijaagua hayajaagua hakijaagua havijaagua haijaagua hazijaagua haujaagua hakujaagua hapajaagua hamujaagua
"If/When"
Positive nikiagua tukiagua ukiagua mkiagua akiagua wakiagua ukiagua ikiagua likiagua yakiagua kikiagua vikiagua ikiagua zikiagua ukiagua kukiagua pakiagua mukiagua
"If not"
Negative nisipoagua tusipoagua usipoagua msipoagua asipoagua wasipoagua usipoagua isipoagua lisipoagua yasipoagua kisipoagua visipoagua isipoagua zisipoagua usipoagua kusipoagua pasipoagua musipoagua
Consecutive
Positive nikaagua tukaagua ukaagua mkaagua akaagua wakaagua ukaagua ikaagua likaagua yakaagua kikaagua vikaagua ikaagua zikaagua ukaagua kukaagua pakaagua mukaagua
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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