pulque

Meaning

pulque (alcoholic beverage)

Concepts

pulque

Synonyms

alcohol

bebida alcohólica

baba

Translations

Pulque

pulque

pulque

Hyphenated as

pul‧que

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpulke/

Etymology

Uncertain. The Classical Nahuatl term for pulque was octli, or specifically iztac octli (“white pulque”). Pulque may be a Spanish derivation of Classical Nahuatl poliuhqui octli (literally “spoiled pulque, spoiled wine”), from poliuhqui (“something lost”).