Aguardiente

Aguardiente (, Basque: pattar, Catalan: aiguardent, Galician: augardente, Portuguese: aguardente ) are generic terms for alcoholic beverages that contain between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume. The terms mean "fiery water" or "burning water"; a similar English-based term is the slang "firewater". Both aguardiente and brandy—from the Dutch expression for "burnt (i.e., distilled) wine"—originated as terms for distilled spirits using whatever ingredients were available locally.