# tequila
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌtəˈkiː.lə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

tequila (countable and uncountable, plural tequilas)
* 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
### 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: /təˈki.laː/, (hyperforeign) /təˈki.jaː/, /təˈkil.jaː/
* Audio (hyperforeign):(file)

### Noun

tequila f (plural tequila's, diminutive tequilaatje n)
* 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)
* Alternative form of tekiila

#### Usage notes

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

#### Declension
### 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: /ˈteki(ː)lɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞k̟i(ː)lɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ekilɑ

### Noun

tequila
* tequila

#### Declension

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]‎ (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: /te.ki.la/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tequila f (plural tequilas)
* 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)
* tequila
* peyote (mescal) cactus

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish tequila.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛˈki.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ila
* Syllabification: te‧qui‧la

### Noun

tequila f
* tequila

#### Declension
### 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: /teˈki.lɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /teˈki.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /teˈki.la/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨˈki.lɐ/
* Hyphenation: te‧qui‧la

### Noun

tequila f (plural tequilas)
* tequila (Mexican agave liquor)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Tequila, the town in Jalisco, Mexico where the drink was originally made.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teˈkila/ [t̪eˈki.la]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ila
* Syllabification: te‧qui‧la

### Noun

tequila m (plural tequilas)
* 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: /teˈkiːlɑ/

### Noun

tequila c
* tequila

#### Declension
### References

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