mescal

English

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Etymology

From Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).

Noun

mescal (plural mescals)

  1. A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.
  2. The peyote cactus.

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Portuguese

Noun

mescal m (plural mescais)

  1. peyote; mescal (small, spineless cactus of Mexico and the southern United States)
  2. mescal (Mexican alcoholic drink made from agave)

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