different between alcoholic vs aguardiente

English

Etymology

First attested 1891, from alcohol +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?k

Noun

alcoholic (plural alcoholics)

1. A person addicted to alcohol.
   • 2001, Starsailor, Alcoholic

     Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
     Daddy was an alcoholic
2. One who abuses alcohol.

Synonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Antonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): teetotaler, on the wagon; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler

Translations

See also

• friend of Bill W.

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative more alcoholic, superlative most alcoholic)

1. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
2. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

   He ordered an alcoholic beverage.

   The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.

3. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic

Antonyms

• nonalcoholic

Derived terms

• Alcoholics Anonymous

Related terms

• alcohol

Translations

Anagrams

• colaholic

Interlingua

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative plus alcoholic, superlative le plus alcoholic)

1. alcoholic (containing alcohol)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aguardiente

Noun

aguardiente (countable and uncountable, plural aguardientes)

1. A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
2. A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.

References

• aguardiente in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Noun

aguardiente f (plural aguardientes)

1. aguardiente

Spanish

Etymology

agua +? ardiente

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?wa??djente/, [a.??wa??ð?j?n?.t?e]

Noun

aguardiente m (plural aguardientes)

1. (hard) liquor, booze
2. brandy

Derived terms

• aguardentoso

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: agwardiyente

Further reading

• “aguardiente” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.