What does aguada in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word aguada in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use aguada in Spanish.

The word aguada in Spanish means opaque watercolour, wash, weak, dull, flabby, water down, spoil, water down, thin down, spoil, kill, ruin, fill up 's water tanks. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word aguada

opaque watercolour

nombre femenino (tinta para cubrir) (paint: UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Después de enlucir la pared, le daremos una aguada para quitarle blancura.
After we plaster the wall, we'll apply a coat of opaque watercolour to tone down the whiteness.

wash

nombre femenino (pintura diluida) (painting)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Utiliza una aguada de azul para el cielo.
Use a blue wash for the sky.

weak

adjetivo (sustancia: insípida)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
No me gusta el café aguado, sino muy cargado.
I don't like weak coffee. I like it strong.

dull

adjetivo (EC, MX, PE, VE, CR, coloquial (aburrido, sin emoción)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
¡No seas aguado! ¡Vamos a la playa a divertirnos!
Don't be so dull! Let's go to the beach and have fun!

flabby

adjetivo (MX, CR (piel: flácida, fofa)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Por haber dejado de ir al gimnasio ahora tiene el abdomen aguado.
Since he stopped going to the gym, his abdomen has become flabby.

water down

verbo transitivo (agregar agua en exceso)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Ten cuidado, si aguas el caldo no va a saber a nada.
Be careful; if you water the soup down it won't taste of anything.

spoil

verbo transitivo (estropear diversión)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Un invitado impertinente aguó la reunión.
A rude guest spoiled the reunion.

water down, thin down

verbo pronominal (rebajarse con agua)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
El vino se ha aguado.
The wine has been watered down.

spoil, kill, ruin

verbo pronominal (diversión: frustrarse)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Se aguó la fiesta cuando llegó la policía.
The party was spoiled (or: ruined) when the police turned up.

fill up 's water tanks

locución verbal (proveerse de agua potable)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El buque hizo parada técnica en el puerto para hacer aguada.

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