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tequila

tequila

121 3.2
A Mexican alcoholic drink made from blue agave plant
  • noun
  • /tɪˈkiːlə/
translation icon : tequila
  • For my birthday, we celebrated with delicious margaritas made from tequila.
  • tequila effect

After a couple more shots of tequila, here we go.

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Examples

  • After a couple more shots of tequila, here we go.

  • Hey, do you have any tequila?

  • One, I know you can go and get some tequila or a tea or something.

  • Congratulations on the tequila and thank you.

  • Do you like tequila, Stanley?

  • OK, guys, so she's going to let us try some tequila ice cream.

  • Howie, listen, take this money... ...go buy beer and tequila, and come right back.

  • I bought their tequila and I drank half the bottle as well.

  • I'm having tequila in Old Street with Liz.

  • My father and Grandpa drank a couple of shots of tequila together along with the meal.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

mescal
vstequila
  • US
3 9.3

A strong clear Mexican alcoholic drink made from the agave plant

is not defined by color and can use various agave types
mezcal
vstequila
2 7.2

A Mexican alcoholic drink that people make from the agave plant

is made from fermented then distilled agave juice

Surface Forms

tequila singular
tequilas plural

Etymology

Tequila is named after a town in Mexico called Tequila, where people for a long time made a strong drink from the blue agave plant. So, tequila means the alcoholic drink made from agave that comes from that place.