balché

noun

An intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it.

OriginSpanish balché ← Yucatec Maya balcheʼ →
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Meanings

nounbalché (uncountable)

alternative balche

  1. uncountableAn intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
pitarrilla

Origin

  1. Yucatec Mayabalcheʼ
  2. Spanishbalché
  3. Englishbalché

Borrowed from Spanish balché, from Yucatec Maya balcheʼ.

More words from Spanish, Yucatec Maya

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APA

balché. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balch%C3%A9

MLA

“balché.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balch%C3%A9. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balché,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balch%C3%A9.

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