licuado

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noun

A Latin American handmade blended beverage similar to a smoothie, made with milk, fruit, and usually ice.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounlicuado (plural licuados)

plural licuados

  1. A Latin American handmade blended beverage similar to a smoothie, made with milk, fruit, and usually ice.

    Cool off with a fruity licuado ($2) on the patio at Munchies[…], located in the Island House, a wooden structure that dates back to 1864.

    2011 March 25, Nicholas Gill, “The Five-Point Weekend Escape Plan: Swim With Whale Sharks in Utila”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2012
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    “I come in every morning on my way to work to get my strawberry licuado and my coffee because it’s fast, very tasty and I know it’s good for me,” said Jose Perez, 30, a furniture salesman who grew up drinking licuados in Mexico.

    2002 November 11, Maria Elena Fernandez, “Shake-up in latte land”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 May 2025

    I also love the fresh fruit licuados at Moonfish (also on the shores of the lake), the nightly, family-style vegetarian spread at La Paz, the tiramisú of Il Jardino, and the mojitos at the outdoor lakeside bar of Hotel Jinava,[…].

    2004 December 26, Joyce Maynard, “In Guatemala, Bliss by a Blue Lake”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 May 2018

Origin

  1. Latinliquāre
  2. Spanishlicuardeverb.
  3. Spanishlicuado
  4. Englishlicuado

Borrowed from Spanish licuado.

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APA

licuado. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/licuado

MLA

“licuado.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/licuado. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “licuado,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/licuado.

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