angostura

See also: Angostura, and angosturą

English

Etymology

From the former name of Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Noun

angostura (countable and uncountable, plural angosturas)

1. Angostura bitters
2. A South American tree, with bark used in tradition medicine and as an ingredient in various bitters (but not Angostura bitters), Angostura trifoliata.

Translations

type of bitters

• Polish: angostura (pl) f
• Portuguese: angustura (pt) f, angostura m

Angostura trifoliata

• Polish: angostura (pl) f
• Portuguese: angustura (pt) f

Anagrams

• argonauts

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

angostura m (plural angosturas)

1. angostura

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.ɡoˈstu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: an‧go‧stù‧ra

Noun

angostura f (plural angosture)

1. a medicinal plant Angostura trifoliata
2. Angostura bitters

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Angostura. First attested in 1874.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡɔsˈtu.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: an‧gos‧tu‧ra

Noun

angostura f

1. angostura, Angostura bitters
2. (obsolete) angostura, Angostura trifoliata

Declension

Declension of angostura

	singular
nominative	angostura
genitive	angostury
dative	angosturze
accusative	angosturę
instrumental	angosturą
locative	angosturze
vocative	angosturo

Further reading

• angostura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡosˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡosˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡoʃˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡosˈtu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuʃˈtu.ɾɐ/

Noun

angostura f (plural angosturas)

1. Alternative form of angustura

Spanish

Etymology

From angosto +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anɡosˈtuɾa/ [ãŋ.ɡosˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: an‧gos‧tu‧ra

Noun

angostura f (plural angosturas)

1. defile, narrow passage
2. narrowness
3. Angostura bitters (drink)

Further reading

• “angostura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28