Margarita Meaning
/ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiː.tə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavoured liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass.
nameA female given name from Ancient Greek.
Sentence Examples
I enjoy sipping on a margarita with salt around the rim.
I make a mean margarita.
CEFR Practice Quiz
At the party, she ordered a refreshing ____ with salt on the rim of the glass.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ is a popular cocktail made with tequila, lime juice, and orange-flavored liqueur earlier today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáhder. Proto-Iranian *mŕ̥ga-ahri-ita-der.? Ancient Greek μαργᾰρῑ́της (margărī́tēs)der. Latin margarītader. Spanish margaritabor. English margarita Borrowed from Spanish margarita. Doublet of Margaret (and various forms, q.v.), margarite, Margherita, and marguerite.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In the summer, he’s posted on the corner with his BMX sipping margarita from a styrofoam cup and in the winter he’s indoors with his PlayStation and blunt."
— 2007 spring, Justine D., “Wanna Battle?”, in Mary H.K. Choi, editor, Missbehave, number 3, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Adrian Moeller, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 1:
"“I didn’t think you loved me so much as this, my Margarita!” he said, in a broken voice. She did not answer, but she clung to him as a child clings to its mother, and the end was, they remained in town together. It seemed as though Fate interposed to prevent the two Margaritas meeting again."
— 1874 December 26, Florence Marryat, “Fighting the Air”, in The Penny Despatch […], New Series, volume II, number 30, →OCLC, chapter XVI (Laurence Fane Is Ruined), page 474, column 1:
"Anyway, hope you don’t get this coz you’re off somewhere cool, sipping Margarita and getting over yourself."
— 2008, Rodge Glass, “A Postcard with a Picture of Three Bare Tanned Backsides Baking Under a Foreign Sun on One Side, and Some Very Small, Very Neat Handwriting on the Other”, in Hope for Newborns, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 207:
"You: Gray hair, 50-ish, dark red button-up shirt, black pants, sipping Margarita alone at table."
— 2009 April 10, “A Shot in the Dark”, in Louis Black, editor, The Austin Chronicle, volume 28, number 32, Austin, Tex.: The Austin Chronicle Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 119, column 1:
"Sipping salty Margaritas I’d finally started to feel as if we’d lived through something terrible and world-altering but ridden it out, survived."
— 2019, B[everley] E. Jones, “Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona”, in Wilderness, London: Constable, published 2020, →ISBN, page 52:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
At the party, she ordered a refreshing ____ with salt on the rim of the glass.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ is a popular cocktail made with tequila, lime juice, and orange-flavored liqueur earlier today.