Watery
Definition
Containing a large amount of water in its internal structure, exceeding normal or expected proportions; watery, insipid, or lacking a dense consistency. In the culinary field, it describes a dish or sauce that is too fluid due to insufficient boiling, while in botany it refers to highly juicy fruits, vegetables, or plant tissues, but often lacking an intense flavor.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Watery
- Aqueous
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective matching gender and number variations of the modified nominal structure. |
| Formation | Suffixal adjective derived from the noun root 'apă' utilizing the standard descriptive morpheme '-os'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.pə.ˈtos] |
| Source | Syntax and Semantics of Romanian Descriptive Modifiers and Derivations |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Sosul de tomate a ieșit destul de apătos deoarece bucătarul a uitat să îl lase la scăzut pe focul mic din cuptor.
EN: The tomato sauce turned out quite watery because the chef forgot to let it reduce over low heat in the oven.
RO: Acest soi hibrid de pepene este extrem de apătos, având o textură fragilă, dar un conținut scăzut de zaharuri.
EN: This hybrid watermelon variety is extremely juicy, having a fragile texture but a low sugar content.
RO: Terenul argilos a devenit moale și apătos în urma ploilor abundente care au căzut neîncetat de-a lungul întregii săptămâni.
EN: The clay soil became soft and watery following the heavy rains that fell continuously throughout the entire week.
Idioms & Phrases
Preparat culinar apătos / Watery culinary dish
RO: Mâncare lipsită de legarea corectă a ingredientelor, având o peliculă de lichid parazitar la suprafață.
EN: Food lacking the proper binding of ingredients, having a parasitic liquid film on the surface.
Fruct apătos / Watery fruit / aqueous fruit
RO: Produs vegetal cu o pulpă foarte spongioasă și bogată în umiditate, specific zonelor cu irigații intensive.
EN: Plant product with a very spongy pulp rich in moisture, specific to intensively irrigated areas.
Sol apătos / Waterlogged ground
RO: Strat de pământ saturat cu lichid care nu mai permite drenajul natural, fiind impropriu multor culturi agricole.
EN: A layer of earth saturated with liquid that no longer allows natural drainage, being unsuitable for many agricultural crops.
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