pulqueria

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noun

An establishment where pulque is sold.

OriginMexican Spanish pulquería →
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Meanings

nounpulqueria (plural pulquerias)

plural pulquerias · alternative pulquería

  1. An establishment where pulque is sold.
    1 more example

    Beyond the gently sloping bank, a little to the left of what was apparently the cavernous entrance to the continuation of their lane, stood a pulquería, decorated, above its wooden twin swing doors […] with gaily coloured fluttering ribbons. Pulques Finos, it said in faded blue letters on the oyster-white adobe wall: La Sepultura.

    1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 109

Origin

  1. Mexican Spanishpulquería
  2. Englishpulqueria

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish pulquería.

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APA

pulqueria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulqueria

MLA

“pulqueria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulqueria. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pulqueria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulqueria.

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