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See also: Tequila

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:tequilaWikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtəˈkiː.lə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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tequila (countable and uncountable, plural tequilas)

  1. An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.
    • 1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 149:For a moment the bottle of tequila at the bottom of the garden gleamed on his soul, then the Consul stumbled into his bedroom.

Derived terms

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  • tequila cream
  • tequila slammer
  • tequila sunrise
  • tequilatini
  • tequini
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  • tequilero

Translations

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  • Arabic: تِكِيلَا f (tikīlā), تَكِيلَا f (takīlā)
  • Armenian: տեկիլա (tekila)
  • Catalan: tequila m
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 龍舌蘭酒 / 龙舌兰酒 (lóngshélánjiǔ)
  • Esperanto: tekilo
  • Estonian: tekiila, tequila (et)
  • Faroese: tequila
  • Finnish: tequila (fi)
  • French: tequila (fr), téquila (fr)
  • Galician: tequila (gl)
  • German: Tequila (de) m
  • Greek: τεκίλα f (tekíla)
  • Hebrew: טֶקִילָה (he) f (tekíla)
  • Icelandic: tekíla
  • Italian: tequila (it)
  • Japanese: テキーラ (ja) (tekīra)
  • Korean: 테킬라 (tekilla), 데킬라 (dekilla)
  • Latvian: tekila (lv) f
  • Lithuanian: tekilà f
  • Macedonian: теки́ла f (tekíla)
  • Nahuatl: tequillan mexcalli
  • Polish: tequila (pl) f
  • Portuguese: tequila (pt) f
  • Russian: теки́ла (ru) f (tekíla)
  • Spanish: tequila (es) f
  • Swedish: tequila (sv)
  • Tagalog: tekila
  • Turkish: tekila (tr)
  • Ukrainian: текі́ла f (tekíla)
  • Yiddish: טעקילע f (tekile)

See also

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  • batanga
  • mescal
  • pulque

Anagrams

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  • liquate

Dutch

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish tequila. The hyperforeign pronunciations listed in this entry seem to assume a Spanish form *tequilla, or simply result from a misunderstanding of Spanish pronunciation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /təˈki.laː/, (hyperforeign) /təˈki.jaː/, /təˈkil.jaː/
  • Audio (hyperforeign):(file)

Noun

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tequila f (plural tequila's, diminutive tequilaatje n)

  1. tequila

Further reading

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  • tequila on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

Estonian

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Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:tequilaWikipedia et

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish tequila.

Noun

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tequila (genitive tequila, partitive tequila't)

  1. alternative form of tekiila

Usage notes

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This word is a "citation word" (tsitaatsõna) and is only written in cursive.

Declension

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singular plural
nominative tequila tequila'd
genitive tequila tequila'de
partitive tequila't tequila'sid
illative tequila'sse tequila'desse
inessive tequila's tequila'des
elative tequila'st tequila'dest
allative tequila'le tequila'dele
adessive tequila'l tequila'del
ablative tequila'lt tequila'delt
translative tequila'ks tequila'deks
terminative tequila'ni tequila'deni
essive tequila'na tequila'dena
abessive tequila'ta tequila'deta
comitative tequila'ga tequila'dega

References

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  • tequila in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “tequila”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “tequila”, in [VSL] Võõrsõnade leksikon [Lexicon of Foreign Words] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteki(ː)lɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞k̟i(ː)lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ekilɑ

Noun

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tequila

  1. tequila

Declension

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Inflection of tequila (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative tequila tequilat
genitive tequilan tequiloidentequiloittentequilojen
partitive tequilaa tequiloitatequiloja
illative tequilaan tequiloihin
singular plural
nominative tequila tequilat
accusative nom. tequila tequilat
gen. tequilan
genitive tequilan tequiloidentequiloittentequilojentequilainrare
partitive tequilaa tequiloitatequiloja
inessive tequilassa tequiloissa
elative tequilasta tequiloista
illative tequilaan tequiloihin
adessive tequilalla tequiloilla
ablative tequilalta tequiloilta
allative tequilalle tequiloille
essive tequilana tequiloina
translative tequilaksi tequiloiksi
abessive tequilatta tequiloitta
instructive — tequiloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tequila (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tequilani tequilani
accusative nom. tequilani tequilani
gen. tequilani
genitive tequilani tequiloidenitequiloittenitequilojenitequilainirare
partitive tequilaani tequiloitanitequilojani
inessive tequilassani tequiloissani
elative tequilastani tequiloistani
illative tequilaani tequiloihini
adessive tequilallani tequiloillani
ablative tequilaltani tequiloiltani
allative tequilalleni tequiloilleni
essive tequilanani tequiloinani
translative tequilakseni tequiloikseni
abessive tequilattani tequiloittani
instructive — —
comitative — tequiloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tequilasi tequilasi
accusative nom. tequilasi tequilasi
gen. tequilasi
genitive tequilasi tequiloidesitequiloittesitequilojesitequilaisirare
partitive tequilaasi tequiloitasitequilojasi
inessive tequilassasi tequiloissasi
elative tequilastasi tequiloistasi
illative tequilaasi tequiloihisi
adessive tequilallasi tequiloillasi
ablative tequilaltasi tequiloiltasi
allative tequilallesi tequiloillesi
essive tequilanasi tequiloinasi
translative tequilaksesi tequiloiksesi
abessive tequilattasi tequiloittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tequiloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tequilamme tequilamme
accusative nom. tequilamme tequilamme
gen. tequilamme
genitive tequilamme tequiloidemmetequiloittemmetequilojemmetequilaimmerare
partitive tequilaamme tequiloitammetequilojamme
inessive tequilassamme tequiloissamme
elative tequilastamme tequiloistamme
illative tequilaamme tequiloihimme
adessive tequilallamme tequiloillamme
ablative tequilaltamme tequiloiltamme
allative tequilallemme tequiloillemme
essive tequilanamme tequiloinamme
translative tequilaksemme tequiloiksemme
abessive tequilattamme tequiloittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tequiloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tequilanne tequilanne
accusative nom. tequilanne tequilanne
gen. tequilanne
genitive tequilanne tequiloidennetequiloittennetequilojennetequilainnerare
partitive tequilaanne tequiloitannetequilojanne
inessive tequilassanne tequiloissanne
elative tequilastanne tequiloistanne
illative tequilaanne tequiloihinne
adessive tequilallanne tequiloillanne
ablative tequilaltanne tequiloiltanne
allative tequilallenne tequiloillenne
essive tequilananne tequiloinanne
translative tequilaksenne tequiloiksenne
abessive tequilattanne tequiloittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tequiloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tequilansa tequilansa
accusative nom. tequilansa tequilansa
gen. tequilansa
genitive tequilansa tequiloidensatequiloittensatequilojensatequilainsarare
partitive tequilaansa tequiloitaantequilojaantequiloitansatequilojansa
inessive tequilassaantequilassansa tequiloissaantequiloissansa
elative tequilastaantequilastansa tequiloistaantequiloistansa
illative tequilaansa tequiloihinsa
adessive tequilallaantequilallansa tequiloillaantequiloillansa
ablative tequilaltaantequilaltansa tequiloiltaantequiloiltansa
allative tequilalleentequilallensa tequiloilleentequiloillensa
essive tequilanaantequilanansa tequiloinaantequiloinansa
translative tequilakseentequilaksensa tequiloikseentequiloiksensa
abessive tequilattaantequilattansa tequiloittaantequiloittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tequiloineentequiloinensa

Further reading

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  • “tequila”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

French

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Alternative forms

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  • téquila (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /te.ki.la/
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Noun

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tequila f (plural tequilas)

  1. tequila (beverage)

Further reading

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  • “tequila”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

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  • qualité

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

Noun

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tequila f (invariable)

  1. tequila
  2. peyote (mescal) cactus

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:tequilaWikipedia pl
tequile

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish tequila.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛˈki.la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ila
  • Syllabification: te‧qui‧la

Noun

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tequila f

  1. tequila

Declension

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singular plural
nominative tequila tequile
genitive tequili tequili
dative tequili tequilom
accusative tequilę tequile
instrumental tequilą tequilami
locative tequili tequilach
vocative tequilo tequile

Further reading

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  • tequila in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tequila in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tequila.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈki.lɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈki.lɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈki.la/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨˈki.lɐ/
  • Hyphenation: te‧qui‧la

Noun

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tequila f (plural tequilas)

  1. tequila (Mexican agave liquor)

Further reading

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  • “tequila”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
  • “tequila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:tequilaWikipedia es

Etymology

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From Tequila, the town in Jalisco, Mexico where the drink was originally made.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /teˈkila/ [t̪eˈki.la]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ila
  • Syllabification: te‧qui‧la

Noun

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tequila m (plural tequilas)

  1. tequila
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  • tequilero

Descendants

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  • → English: tequila
  • → Russian: теки́ла (tekíla)
  • → Turkish: tekila

Further reading

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  • “tequila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /teˈkiːlɑ/

Noun

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tequila c

  1. tequila

Declension

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nominative genitive
singular indefinite tequila tequilas
definite tequilan tequilans
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

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  • tequila in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • tequila in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • tequila in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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