"tequila" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌtəˈkiː.lə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tequila.wav Forms: tequilas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tequila, from Tequila, a town in Jalisco. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es-MX|tequila}} Mexican Spanish tequila Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tequila (countable and uncountable, plural tequilas)
  1. An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana. Wikidata QID: Q122195 Wikipedia link: tequila Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Distilled beverages Derived forms: tequila cream, tequila slammer, tequila sunrise Related terms: tequilero, batanga, mescal, pulque Translations (liquor): تِكِيلَا (tikīlā) [feminine] (Arabic), تَكِيلَا (takīlā) [feminine] (Arabic), տեկիլա (tekila) (Armenian), tequila [masculine] (Catalan), 龍舌蘭酒 /龙舌兰酒 (lóngshélánjiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tekilo (Esperanto), tekiila (Estonian), tequila (Estonian), tequila (Faroese), tequila (Finnish), tequila (French), téquila (French), tequila (Galician), Tequila [masculine] (German), τεκίλα (tekíla) [feminine] (Greek), טֶקִילָה (tekíla) [feminine] (Hebrew), tekíla (Icelandic), tequila (Italian), テキーラ (tekīra) (Japanese), 테킬라 (tekilla) (Korean), 데킬라 (dekilla) (Korean), теки́ла (tekíla) [feminine] (Macedonian), tequillan mexcalli (Nahuatl), tequila [feminine] (Polish), tequila [feminine] (Portuguese), теки́ла (tekíla) [feminine] (Russian), tequila [feminine] (Spanish), tequila (Swedish), tekila (Tagalog), tekila (Turkish), текі́ла (tekíla) [feminine] (Ukrainian), טעקילע (tekile) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tekíla",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τεκίλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tekíla",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "טֶקִילָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "word": "tekíla"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "word": "tequila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tekīra",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "word": "テキーラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tekilla",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "word": "테킬라"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dekilla",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "word": "데킬라"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tekíla",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "теки́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "word": "tequillan mexcalli"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tequila"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tequila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tekíla",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "теки́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tequila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "word": "tequila"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "word": "tekila"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "word": "tekila"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tekíla",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "текі́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tekile",
      "sense": "liquor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "טעקילע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tequila"
}

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