Is this still or sparkling water?
In Italian, French and Spanish, "acqua frizzante", "eau gazeuse" and "agua con gas" mean sparkling water, and "acqua naturale", "eau plate" and "agua sin gas" mean still. Type part of the word on the bottle or the menu to check it in 33 languages.
Still and sparkling in 33 languages
"Can be either" is mineral water: in the EU it is sold still and sparkling, so look for the still or sparkling word next to it on the label.
| Language | Still | Sparkling | Can be either |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | still water | sparkling water, soda water, club soda, seltzer | mineral water |
| French | eau plate | eau gazeuse, eau pétillante, soda club | eau minérale |
| Italian | acqua naturale, acqua liscia | acqua frizzante, acqua gassata | acqua minerale |
| Spanish | agua sin gas | agua con gas, agua carbonatada, agua de Seltz | agua mineral |
| Portuguese | água sem gás | água com gás, água gaseificada | água mineral |
| Catalan | aigua sense gas | aigua amb gas | aigua mineral |
| German | stilles Wasser, Wasser ohne Kohlensäure | Sprudelwasser, Sprudel, Sodawasser, Wasser mit Kohlensäure | Mineralwasser |
| Dutch | spa blauw | bruiswater, spuitwater, prikwater, sodawater, spa rood | mineraalwater |
| Finnish | hiilihapoton vesi | hiilihapotettu vesi, kuplavesi, vichyvesi, vissy | kivennäisvesi, mineraalivesi |
| Swedish | vatten utan kolsyra, kolsyrefritt vatten | kolsyrat vatten, bubbelvatten, sodavatten | mineralvatten |
| Norwegian | vann uten kullsyre | kullsyreholdig vann, vann med kullsyre | mineralvann |
| Danish | vand uden brus | danskvand, vand med brus | mineralvand |
| Polish | woda niegazowana | woda gazowana, woda sodowa, sodówka | woda mineralna |
| Czech | neperlivá voda | perlivá voda, sodová voda, sodovka | minerální voda, minerálka |
| Slovak | neperlivá voda | perlivá voda | minerálna voda, minerálka |
| Hungarian | szénsavmentes | szénsavas, szódavíz, szóda | ásványvíz |
| Romanian | apă plată | apă carbogazoasă | apă minerală |
| Slovenian | negazirana voda | gazirana voda | mineralna voda |
| Croatian | negazirana voda | gazirana voda | mineralna voda |
| Serbian | negazirana voda | gazirana voda, kisela voda | mineralna voda |
| Bulgarian | негазирана вода | газирана вода, клуб сода, селцер | минерална вода |
| Macedonian | негазирана вода | газирана вода, кисела вода | минерална вода |
| Ukrainian | негазована вода | газована вода | мінеральна вода, мінералка |
| Russian | негазированная вода | газированная вода, газировка, содовая | минеральная вода, минералка |
| Greek | νερό χωρίς ανθρακικό | ανθρακούχο νερό, σόδα | μεταλλικό νερό |
| Turkish | gazsız su | gazlı su, soda, sodalı su | maden suyu, mineralli su |
| Estonian | gaseerimata vesi | gaseeritud vesi, mullivesi | mineraalvesi |
| Latvian | negāzēts ūdens | gāzēts ūdens | mineralūdens |
| Lithuanian | negazuotas vanduo | gazuotas vanduo | mineralinis vanduo |
| Icelandic | kolsýrulaust vatn | kolsýrt vatn, sódavatn | ölkelduvatn |
| Maltese | not in this list yet | not in this list yet | ilma minerali |
| Albanian | ujë pa gaz | ujë me gaz | ujë mineral |
| Georgian | უგაზო წყალი | გაზიანი წყალი | მინერალური წყალი |
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Frequently asked questions
What does "frizzante" mean on a water bottle?
"acqua frizzante" is Italian for sparkling water, and so is "acqua gassata". Still water is "acqua naturale".
What does "eau plate" mean?
It is French for still water. Sparkling water is "eau gazeuse" or "eau pétillante".
How do you say still or sparkling water in Spanish?
Still water is "agua sin gas" and sparkling water is "agua con gas".
What is still and sparkling water in German?
Still water is "stilles Wasser". Sparkling water is "Sprudelwasser", often just "Sprudel".
Is mineral water still or sparkling?
It can be either. In the EU, natural mineral water is sold still and sparkling, so the label says which: in Italian "acqua minerale" is mineral water, "acqua naturale" still and "acqua frizzante" sparkling.
Are club soda, soda water and seltzer the same as sparkling water?
They are all carbonated water: "soda water", "club soda", "seltzer" are names for it. In Spanish it is also "agua de Seltz", in Swedish "sodavatten".
What do "spa blauw" and "spa rood" mean in the Netherlands?
"spa blauw" means still mineral water and "spa rood" means sparkling. Other Dutch words for sparkling water are "bruiswater" and "spuitwater".
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