agwa-de-pataranta

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• agua de pataranta

Etymology

From Spanish agua (“water”) +‎ Spanish de (“of; made of”) +‎ pataranta (“confuser; causing confusion”). Literally, “confusion water; impulse water”. The origin is said to be related on how medicinal waters in 1920s and 1930s are named with Spanish agua.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʔaɡwa de pataɾanˈta/ [ˌʔaɡ.wɐ d̪ɛ pɐ.t̪ɐ.ɾɐn̪ˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ag‧wa-de-pa‧ta‧ran‧ta

Noun

agwa-de-patarantá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜇᜒᜉᜆᜇᜈ᜔ᜆ) (slang)

1. alcoholic beverage; hard liquor

   Synonyms: alak, (slang) bilog, (slang) kuwatro-kantos, agwardiyente

Further reading

• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 2