tejuino

English

Alternative forms

• tesgüino

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tejuino, from Nahuatl tecuin or tecuini.

Noun

tejuino (countable and uncountable, plural tejuinos)

1. A cold beverage made from fermented corn and sweetened with piloncillo; in Guadalajara, it is often served with lime sorbet (nieve de limón).

Related terms

• tiswin

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tesgüino

Etymology

From Nahuatl tecuin or tecuini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈxwino/ [t̪eˈxwi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: te‧jui‧no

Noun

tejuino m (plural tejuinos)

1. tejuino (beverage)

Further reading

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