aguarrás
Portuguese, noun/a.ɡwaˈʁa(j)s/
aguarrás is spelled A-G-U-A-R-R-Á-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aguarrás is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “turpentine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mistura de hidrocarbonetos alifáticos utilizada principalmente como solvente e também na fabricação de ceras…”.
What does aguarrás mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineturpentine
- 2
colloquialfemininecachaça, spirit (distilled alcoholic beverage)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mistura de hidrocarbonetos alifáticos utilizada principalmente como solvente e também na fabricação de ceras, graxas e tintas
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.
How do you pronounce aguarrás?
- Brazil /a.ɡwaˈʁa(j)s/
- Brazil [a.ɡwaˈha(ɪ̯)s]
- /a.ɡwaˈʁa(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aguarrás
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aguarrás in Portuguese?
aguarrás appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).