pulque

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey

From Mexican Spanish pulque, possibly from Nahuatl.

Maria, you had better get down that jar of pulque. — The Treasure of the Incas: A Story of Adventure in Peru, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
=Maguey=, m., agave, a plant from which pulque, a Mexican drink, is made. — A First Spanish Reader, Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
A little farther on, I found myself facing a maguey--Agave Mexicana--a sort of aloe, from which pulque is extracted. — Adventures of a Young Naturalist, Lucien Biart

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