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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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