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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɡwita/
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: a‧güi‧ta
Etymology 1
From agua + -ita.
Noun
agüita f (plural agüitas)
- diminutive of agua; a small amount of water
Usage notes
- agua is a feminine noun, but the masculine definite article is used because it starts with a stressed a: el agua. Its diminutive, agüita, stresses the second syllable, so the feminine definite article is used as with any other ordinary feminine noun: la agüita.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
agüita
- only used in se agüita, third-person singular present indicative of agüitarse
- only used in te ... agüita, syntactic variant of agüítate, second-person singular imperative of agüitarse
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