aguar

From agua +‎ -ar.

aguar (first-person singular indicative present aguo, past participle aguáu)

1. to water, water down, add water to

• agusar (modern)

Old Catalan aguar, from Vulgar Latin *acūtiāre, derived from Latin acūtus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɣuˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ɣuˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

aguar (first-person singular present agúo, first-person singular preterite agüí, past participle aguat)

1. to sharpen

   Synonym: aguditzar

• agut
• agudell
• agudesa

• “aguar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “aguar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aguar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “aguar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

• augar, ougar
• agoar (obsolete)

From água +‎ -ar. Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *aquāre for Latin aquārī, or from adaquāre.

• Hyphenation: a‧guar

aguar (first-person singular present (Brazilian Portuguese) águo or (European Portuguese) aguo, first-person singular preterite aguei, past participle aguado)

1. (transitive) to water
2. (transitive) to water down, dilute

From agua +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡwaɾ/ [aˈɣ̞waɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧guar

aguar (first-person singular present aguo, first-person singular preterite agüé, past participle aguado)

1. to water down, dilute
2. to spoil

• “aguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16