potable
drinkable
adjective poh-TAH-bleh Rare
Origin: From Latin potabilis (drinkable).
Also means
potable
Usage Note
Potable is almost exclusively used in the fixed phrase agua potable (drinking water / potable water). Outside that phrase it is rare in everyday speech; bebible is used informally when something is 'barely drinkable'. In infrastructure and public health contexts agua potable is the standard technical term.
Examples
"En esta región no hay agua potable."
Natural Translation
There is no drinking water in this region.
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