agua fresca

noun

A light, non-alocohlic beverage made from one or more fruits, cereals, flowers, or seeds blended with sugar and water (for example, horchata).

OriginMexican Spanish agua fresca →
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Meanings

nounagua fresca (countable and uncountable, plural aguas frescas or agua frescas)

plural aguas frescas · plural agua frescas

  1. countableuncountableA light, non-alocohlic beverage made from one or more fruits, cereals, flowers, or seeds blended with sugar and water (for example, horchata).

Origin

  1. Mexican Spanishagua fresca
  2. Englishagua fresca

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish agua fresca (literally “fresh water”).

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APA

agua fresca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agua%20fresca

MLA

“agua fresca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agua%20fresca. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agua fresca,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agua%20fresca.

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