tequila

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UK/ˌtəˈkiː.lə/

noun

An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.

OriginMexican Spanish tequila →
Less commonScrabble 16
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Meanings

tequila1

nountequila (countable and uncountable, plural tequilas)

plural tequilas

  1. countableuncountableAn alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.

    For a moment the bottle of tequila at the bottom of the garden gleamed on his soul, then the Consul stumbled into his bedroom.

    1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 149

Tequila2

proper noun
  1. A town in Jalisco, Mexico.

Origin

tequila · noun

  1. Mexican Spanishtequila
  2. Englishtequila

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tequila, from Tequila, a town in Jalisco.

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Tequila · proper noun

  1. SpanishTequila
  2. SpanishTequila
  3. EnglishTequila

Borrowed from Spanish Tequila.

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Translations

Arabic تِكِيلَا, تَكِيلَا
  • تِكِيلَا (tikīlā)liquor
  • تَكِيلَا (takīlā)liquor
Catalan tequila
  • tequilaliquor
Chinese Mandarin 龍舌蘭酒 /龙舌兰酒
  • 龍舌蘭酒 /龙舌兰酒 (lóngshélánjiǔ)liquor
Esperanto tekilo
  • tekiloliquor
Estonian tekiila, tequila
  • tekiilaliquor
  • tequilaliquor
Finnish tequila
  • tequilaliquor
French tequila, téquila
  • tequilaliquor
  • téquilaliquor
German Tequila
  • Tequilaliquor
Greek τεκίλα
  • τεκίλα (tekíla)liquor
Hebrew טֶקִילָה
  • טֶקִילָה (tekíla)liquor
Icelandic tekíla
  • tekílaliquor
Italian tequila
  • tequilaliquor
Japanese テキーラ
  • テキーラ (tekīra)liquor
Korean 테킬라, 데킬라
  • 테킬라 (tekilla)liquor
  • 데킬라 (dekilla)liquor
Latvian tekila
  • tekilaliquor
Lithuanian tekilà
  • tekilàliquor
Polish tequila
  • tequilaliquor
Portuguese tequila
  • tequilaliquor
Russian теки́ла
  • теки́ла (tekíla)liquor
Spanish tequila
  • tequilaliquor
Swedish tequila
  • tequilaliquor
Tagalog tekila
  • tekilaliquor
Turkish tekila
  • tekilaliquor
Ukrainian текі́ла
  • текі́ла (tekíla)liquor
Yiddish טעקילע
  • טעקילע (tekile)liquor

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

liquatequilate
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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