aguada
Portuguese, noun/aˈɡwa.dɐ/
aguada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the acquisition of a supply of water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of aguado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abastecimento de água doce para viagens marítimas”.
What does aguada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe acquisition of a supply of water
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of aguado
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of aguado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abastecimento de água doce para viagens marítimas 2. lugar onde se faz esse abastecimento 3. mistura de água e claras de ovos empregada pelos encadernadores 4. desenho a tinta ou a lápis sobre que se aplicam tintas transparentes
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 aguada
- aguadas plural
- agoada alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aguada?
- Brazil /aˈɡwa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈɡwa.dɐ/
- Portugal [ɐˈɣwa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aguada in Portuguese?
aguada appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).