michelada

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish michelada.

michelada (plural micheladas)

1. A Mexican cocktail made with beer, tomato and lime juices, and assorted sauces and spices.
   • 2009 July 1, Betsy Andrews, “Cocktails Dance on the Head of a Beer”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In New York, at PDT and Mayahuel, they’re mixing hot sauce, mezcal and beer to create smoky riffs on the michelada, a classic Mexican cerveza preparada, or prepared beer.

From chela (“beer”, literally “blonde”).

• IPA^(key): /mit͡ʃeˈlada/ [mi.t͡ʃeˈla.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: mi‧che‧la‧da

michelada f (plural micheladas)

1. michelada

• “michelada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024