different between mezcal vs tequila

English

Noun

mezcal (countable and uncountable, plural mezcals)

1. Alternative form of mescal

French

Etymology

From Spanish mezcal, from Classical Nahuatl mexcalli.

Pronunciation

Noun

mezcal m (plural mescals)

1. mescal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl mexcalli, from metl (“maguey”) +? ixca (“cook”) +? -lli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /me??kal/, [me??kal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /mes?kal/, [mes?kal]

Noun

mezcal m (plural mezcales)

1. mezcal
2. the variety of the agave plant from with mezcal is distilled

Descendants

• ? English: mescal, mezcal
• ? French: mezcal
• ? Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mescöl

Further reading

• “mezcal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??ki?.l?/

Noun

tequila (countable and uncountable, plural tequilas)

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

Derived terms

• tequila cream
• tequila sunrise

Related terms

• tequilero

Translations

See also

• mezcal
• pulque

Anagrams

• liquate

Estonian

Noun

tequila (genitive tequila, partitive tequilat)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of tekiila.

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

Noun

tequila

1. tequila

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.ki.la/

Noun

tequila f (plural tequilas)

1. tequila (beverage)

Further reading

• “tequila” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• qualité

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

Noun

tequila f (invariable)

1. tequila
2. peyote (mescal) cactus

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish tequila, from Tequila, a town in Jalisco, from Nahuatl Tequillan (“place of tribute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??k?i.la/

Noun

tequila f

1. tequila

Declension

Further reading

• tequila in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tequila in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tequila.

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From Tequila, the town in Jalisco, Mexico where the drink was originally made.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): /te?kila/, [t?e?ki.la]

Noun

tequila m (plural tequilas)

1. tequila

Related terms

• tequilero

Descendants

• ? English: tequila
• ? Russian: ??????? (tekíla)

Further reading

• “tequila” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.