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):

  (file)

Noun

tequila (countable and uncountable, plural tequilas)

2. 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: 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)
• 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)

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 (hyperforeign):

  (file)

Noun

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

1. tequila

Further reading

• tequila on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Estonian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish tequila.

Noun

tequila (genitive tequila, partitive tequila't)

1. Alternative form of tekiila

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of tequila (type initialism)

	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

• 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

Pronunciation

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

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 tequilain rare
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 tequilaini rare 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 tequilaisi rare 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 tequilaimme rare 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 tequilainne rare 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 tequilainsa rare 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:

  (file)

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]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈkiːlɑ/

Noun

tequila c

1. tequila

Declension

Declension of tequila

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

References

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