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tequila

Portuguese, noun/teˈki.lɐ/

tequila is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tequila (Mexican agave liquor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bebida mexicana muito alcoólica, obtida da destilação do agave”.

What does tequila mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetequila (Mexican agave liquor)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. bebida mexicana muito alcoólica, obtida da destilação do agave

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tequila

  • tequilas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tequila?

  • Brazil /teˈki.lɐ/
  • Portugal /tɨˈki.lɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tequila

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tequila in Portuguese?

tequila appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).