Meanings
plural Kahlúas · alternative Kahlua
- countableuncountableA brand of heavy, sweet, coffee flavored liqueur made in Mexico; a variety or serving of this drink.
Kahlúa, sweet and thick, painted itself in a coating on his tongue, not to be removed.
2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 3781 more example
He lifted the window. “What the hell are you doing down there?” he called down. “Are you drunk?” “No, actually, weirdly enough, we're sober,” Bingley called up. “Although I did have two Kahlúas, but I've probably walked those off by now."
2017, Melissa de la Cruz, Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 90
Origin
- SpanishKahlúa
- EnglishKahlúa
Borrowed from Spanish Kahlúa. Said by the company to be from an Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl term meaning “house of the Acolhua people”.
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Chinese Mandarin 墨西哥甘露咖啡力嬌酒 /墨西哥甘露咖啡力娇酒
- 墨西哥甘露咖啡力嬌酒 /墨西哥甘露咖啡力娇酒 (Mòxīgē gānlù kāfēi lìjiāojiǔ)liqueur
Finnish Kahlúa
- Kahlúaliqueur
French Kahlúa
- Kahlúaliqueur
Polish Kahlúa
- Kahlúaliqueur
Russian Калу́а
- Калу́а (Kalúa)liqueur
Spanish Kahlúa
- Kahlúaliqueur
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Kahlúa
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