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tequila

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌtəˈkiː.lə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T AH0 K IY1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A town in Jalisco, Mexico.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tequila.

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

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تِكِيلَا (tikīlā) — liquor
  • Arabic: تَكِيلَا (takīlā) — liquor
  • Armenian: տեկիլա (tekila) — liquor
  • Catalan: tequila — liquor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 龍舌蘭酒 /龙舌兰酒 (lóngshélánjiǔ) — liquor
  • Esperanto: tekilo — liquor
  • Estonian: tekiila — liquor
  • Estonian: tequila — liquor
  • Faroese: tequila — liquor
  • Finnish: tequila — liquor
  • French: tequila — liquor
  • French: téquila — liquor
  • Galician: tequila — liquor
  • German: Tequila — liquor
  • Greek: τεκίλα (tekíla) — liquor
  • Hebrew: טֶקִילָה (tekíla) — liquor
  • Icelandic: tekíla — liquor
  • Italian: tequila — liquor
  • Japanese: テキーラ (tekīra) — liquor
  • Korean: 테킬라 (tekilla) — liquor
  • Korean: 데킬라 (dekilla) — liquor
  • Latvian: tekila — liquor
  • Lithuanian: tekilà — liquor
  • Macedonian: теки́ла (tekíla) — liquor
  • Nahuatl: tequillan mexcalli — liquor
  • Polish: tequila — liquor
  • Portuguese: tequila — liquor
  • Russian: теки́ла (tekíla) — liquor
  • Spanish: tequila — liquor
  • Swedish: tequila — liquor
  • Tagalog: tekila — liquor
  • Turkish: tekila — liquor
  • Ukrainian: текі́ла (tekíla) — liquor
  • Yiddish: טעקילע (tekile) — liquor