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agua fresca

noun
agua fres·​ca | \ ˈä-gwə-ˈfre-skə How to pronounce agua fresca (audio) \
plural aguas frescas

Definition of agua fresca

: a beverage consisting of water and sugar with fruits, grains, or seeds added for flavoring For a rancho-style summer barbecue, we make a big glass barrel of agua fresca, and sometimes it’s more popular than the beer or wine if the day is particularly hot.— Jacqueline Higuera McMahan, California Rancho Cooking, 2001

First Known Use of agua fresca

1962, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for agua fresca

borrowed from American Spanish, literally, “fresh water”

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