tequila

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tequila, from Tequila, a town in Jalisco.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtəˈkiː.lə/

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tequila (countable and uncountable, plural tequilas)

1. An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.
   • 1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 149:

     For a moment the bottle of tequila at the bottom of the garden gleamed on his soul, then the Consul stumbled into his bedroom.

• tequila cream
• teequila slammer
• tequila sunrise

• tequilero

• mezcal
• pulque

• liquate

tequila (genitive tequila, partitive tequilat)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of tekiila.

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

• IPA^(key): /ˈteki(ː)lɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞ki(ː)lɑ]

tequila

1. tequila

• téquila (post-1990 spelling)

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

• IPA^(key): /te.ki.la/

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tequila f (plural tequilas)

1. tequila (beverage)

• “tequila”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• qualité

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

tequila f (invariable)

1. tequila
2. peyote (mescal) cactus

Borrowed from Spanish tequila, from Tequila, a town in Jalisco, from Nahuatl Tequillan (“place of tribute”).

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈki.la/
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: te‧qui‧la

tequila f

1. tequila

• tequila in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tequila in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tequila.

tequila f (plural tequilas)

1. tequila (Mexican agave liquor)

From Tequila, the town in Jalisco, Mexico where the drink was originally made.

• IPA^(key): /teˈkila/ [t̪eˈki.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: te‧qui‧la

tequila m (plural tequilas)

1. tequila

• tequilero

• → English: tequila
• → Russian: теки́ла (tekíla)

• “tequila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014