pulque

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/ˈpʊl.keɪ//ˈpʊl.ki/

noun

A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.

OriginMexican Spanish pulque →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounpulque (countable and uncountable, plural pulques)

plural pulques

  1. countableuncountableA milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.

    You went by the sour stink of pulque saloons; they gave you a water glass of cactus juice in there, two cents.

    1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 6, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 4

Origin

  1. Mexican Spanishpulque
  2. Englishpulque

From Mexican Spanish pulque, possibly from Nahuatl.

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Translations

Esperanto pulko
  • pulkoMexican alcoholic drink
French pulque
  • pulqueMexican alcoholic drink
German Pulque
  • PulqueMexican alcoholic drink
Portuguese pulque
  • pulqueMexican alcoholic drink
Spanish pulque
  • pulqueMexican alcoholic drink
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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