Agua, one of Costa Rica's most valuable assets, comes in many forms. Water falls from the sky, mixes with clay, springs from the ground, and falls from cliffs. Here is some of the most useful Costa Rican terminology related to water:
Rain
llovizna - drizzle or sprinkle
pelo de gato - very light rain
aguacero - torrential downpour
baldazo - literally a big bucket (a storm that's raining buckets)
Mud
barro - mud
tierra - soil, earth
arcilla - clay
Natural spring
naciente (f) - natural spring (a word that appears to be almost exclusive to Costa Rica)
manantial (m) - natural spring
Waterfall
catarata - waterfall (cascada is rarely used)
Well
pozo - well
poza - deep swimming hole in a river
bomba - water pump for a well (among many other things, if you care to click on the link)
Others
aguado - watery, dilute
echar agua - conceding position to an opponent to give the impression of weakness, sandbagging
aguadulce - popular drink made of hot water and brown sugar
aguachinarse - to lose one's crops due to excessive rain, to contract a fungal infection from excessive wetness
agua potable - potable water
acueducto - aqueduct, potable water project
agua del tubo - tap water (agua de la llave is more common in South America)
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I've also heard "agua del grifo" for tap water in S. America. You too?
I always heard "llave". Did you hear that in Ecuador? I looked into it and found "grifo" as a term for faucet from Spain, but it's the first time I had heard anything about it.
Wow! It's amazing how a culture's environment influences the vocabulary. I lived in Spain and studied Spanish for years and never heard some of these terms even once.
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