Etymology

balché

Today it means: An intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it. Full definition →

Spanish balché ← Yucatec Maya balcheʼ
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  1. Yucatec Maya · derived frombalcheʼ
  2. Spanish · borrowed frombalché
  3. English todaybalché

Borrowed from Spanish balché, from Yucatec Maya balcheʼ.

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