Dictionary

pulque en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpʊl.ki/
• /ˈpʊl.keɪ/

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish pulque, possibly from Nahuatl.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.
   • You went by the sour stink of pulque saloons; they gave you a water glass of cactus juice in there, two cents. 1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 6, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 4:

Forms

Relateds

mezcal · tequila

Translations (10)

de Pulque (Mexican alcoholic drink) · nah polqui (Mexican alcoholic drink) · pt pulque (Mexican alcoholic drink) · nci iztāc octli (Mexican alcoholic drink) · nci metoctli (Mexican alcoholic drink) · fr pulque (Mexican alcoholic drink) · nci octli (Mexican alcoholic drink) · eo pulko (Mexican alcoholic drink) · es pulque (Mexican alcoholic drink) · mat t'api (Mexican alcoholic drink)