parteaguas

Verb-object compound, composed of parte (“to divide, to split”) +‎ aguas (“waters”). Compare German Wasserscheide and Italian spartiacque (literally “water-divide”).

• IPA^(key): /paɾteˈaɡwas/ [paɾ.t̪eˈa.ɣ̞was]
• Rhymes: -aɡwas
• Syllabification: par‧te‧a‧guas

parteaguas m (plural parteaguas)

1. (geology, hydrology) watershed
2. (by extension, figuratively) watershed, turning point

• hito

• “parteaguas”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010