tequila

See also: Tequila

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtəˈkiː.lə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

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

• tequila cream
• tequila slammer
• tequila sunrise

Related terms

• tequilero

Translations

liquor

• 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: tequila (et), tekiila
• Faroese: tequila
• Finnish: tequila (fi)
• French: tequila (fr), téquila (fr)
• Galician: tequila (gl)
• German: Tequila (de) m
• Hebrew: טֶקִילָה (he) f (tekíla)
• Icelandic: tekíla
• Italian: tequila (it)
• Japanese: テキーラ (ja) (tekīra)
• Korean: 테킬라 (tekilla), 데킬라 (dekilla)
• 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)

See also

• batanga
• mescal
• pulque

Anagrams

• liquate

Dutch

Etymology

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

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

• Audio

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Noun

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

1. tequila

Further reading

• tequila on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Estonian

Noun

tequila (genitive tequila, partitive tequilat)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of tekiila.

Declension

Declension of tequila (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tequila	tequilad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tequila
genitive			tequilade
partitive		tequilat	tequilasid
illative		tequilasse	tequiladesse
inessive		tequilas	tequilades
elative		tequilast	tequiladest
allative		tequilale	tequiladele
adessive		tequilal	tequiladel
ablative		tequilalt	tequiladelt
translative		tequilaks	tequiladeks
terminative		tequilani	tequiladeni
essive		tequilana	tequiladena
abessive		tequilata	tequiladeta
comitative		tequilaga	tequiladega

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteki(ː)lɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞k̟i(ː)lɑ̝]

Noun

tequila

1. tequila

Declension

Inflection of tequila (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		tequila	tequilat
genitive		tequilan	tequiloiden tequiloitten tequilojen
partitive		tequilaa	tequiloita tequiloja
illative		tequilaan	tequiloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tequila	tequilat
accusative	nom.	tequila	tequilat
	gen.	tequilan
genitive		tequilan	tequiloiden tequiloitten tequilojen tequilainrare
partitive		tequilaa	tequiloita tequiloja
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 tequiloideni tequiloitteni tequilojeni tequilainirare partitive tequilaani tequiloitani tequilojani 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 tequiloidesi tequiloittesi tequilojesi tequilaisirare partitive tequilaasi tequiloitasi tequilojasi 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 tequiloidemme tequiloittemme tequilojemme tequilaimmerare partitive tequilaamme tequiloitamme tequilojamme 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 tequiloidenne tequiloittenne tequilojenne tequilainnerare partitive tequilaanne tequiloitanne tequilojanne 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 tequiloidensa tequiloittensa tequilojensa tequilainsarare partitive tequilaansa tequiloitaan tequilojaan tequiloitansa tequilojansa inessive tequilassaan tequilassansa tequiloissaan tequiloissansa elative tequilastaan tequilastansa tequiloistaan tequiloistansa illative tequilaansa tequiloihinsa adessive tequilallaan tequilallansa tequiloillaan tequiloillansa ablative tequilaltaan tequilaltansa tequiloiltaan tequiloiltansa allative tequilalleen tequilallensa tequiloilleen tequiloillensa essive tequilanaan tequilanansa tequiloinaan tequiloinansa translative tequilakseen tequilaksensa tequiloikseen tequiloiksensa abessive tequilattaan tequilattansa tequiloittaan tequiloittansa instructive — — comitative — tequiloineen tequiloinensa

Further reading

• “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 2023-07-03

French

Alternative forms

• téquila (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.ki.la/

• Audio

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Noun

tequila f (plural tequilas)

1. tequila (beverage)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• qualité

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

Noun

tequila f (invariable)

1. tequila
2. peyote (mescal) cactus

Polish

tequile

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish tequila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈki.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: te‧qui‧la

Noun

tequila f

1. tequila

Declension

Declension of tequila

	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

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tequila.

Pronunciation

 

• (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

tequila f (plural tequilas)

1. tequila (Mexican agave liquor)

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tequila m (plural tequilas)

1. tequila

Related terms

• tequilero

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “tequila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈkiːlɑ/

Noun

tequila c

1. tequila

Declension

Declension of tequila
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tequila	tequilan	—	—
Genitive	tequilas	tequilans	—	—

References

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