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água-forte

Portuguese, noun/ˌa.ɡwɐˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/

água-forte is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “aqua fortis (a solvent for dissolving all metals except gold)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar do ácido nítrico”.

What does água-forte mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineaqua fortis (a solvent for dissolving all metals except gold)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. nome vulgar do ácido nítrico

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of água-forte

  • águas-fortes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce água-forte?

  • Brazil /ˌa.ɡwɐˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/
  • Brazil [ˌa.ɡwɐˈfɔh.t͡ʃi]
  • /ˌa.ɡwɐˈfɔɾ.t͡ʃi/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.