Aguardiente

Spanish: Aguardiente
Portuguese: Aguardente
Various bottles of aguardiente
Country of origin Spain, Portugal
Alcohol by volume 29% to 60%

Aguardente (Portuguese) or aguardiente (Spanish) (Basque: pattar; Catalan: aiguardent; Galician: augardente) is a type of distilled alcoholic spirit that contains between 29% and 60% alcohol by volume (ABV). It is a somewhat generic term that can refer to liquors made from various foods. It originates from and is typically consumed on the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) and in Iberian America (Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of the Americas).