tequila
/ˌtəˈkiː.lə/
tequila noun: an alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.
Noun
tequila (countable and uncountable, plural tequilas)
- An 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
Proper noun capitalized: Tequila
Tequila
tequila meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
tequila in Hindi
- टकीला, टकिला
tequila in Tamil
- டெக்கீலா, டெக்கிலா
tequila in Urdu
- ٹکیلا, ٹیکیلا
tequila in Bengali
- টকিলা, টকীলা, টেকিলা
More languagesFewer languages
- tequila in Telugu
- టకీలా, టకిలా, టెకీలా
- tequila in Kannada
- ಟಕೀಲಾ, ಟಕಿಲಾ, ಟೆಕೀಲಾ
- tequila in Punjabi
- ਟਕੀਲਾ, ਟੈਕੂਲਾ, ਟੈਕੀਲਾ
- tequila in Gujarati
- ટકીલા, ટકિલા
- tequila in Odia
- ଟକୀଲା, ଟକିଳା
- tequila in Nepali
- टकीला, टकिला
- tequila in Tagalog
- tekila
- tequila in Arabic
- تِكِيلَا tikīlā, تَكِيلَا takīlā
Examples of tequila in a sentence
- We drink tequila as a shooter, but prefer to sip gin slowly to appreciate the flavour.
- Examples include: champagne, tequila, and asiago cheese.
- That actually hits me home because I used to drink tequila sunrises when I first started drinking.
Forms of tequila
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Origin of tequila
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tequila, from Tequila, a town in Jalisco.
Borrowed from Spanish Tequila.
Words formed from tequila
Phrases with tequila
Questions about tequila
- What does tequila mean?
- Tequila means an alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.
- What is tequila in Hindi?
- Tequila in Hindi is टकीला, टकिला. See Tequila meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tequila?
- Tequila can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tequila?
- Tequila is pronounced /ˌtəˈkiː.lə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tequila?
- The plural of tequila is tequilas.
Words near tequila in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tequila (page history and authors); Tequila (page history and authors); tequila (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tequila (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tequila (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tequila (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tequila (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tequila (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tequila (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tequila (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tequila (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tequila (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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