bombilla

[ bawm-bee-yah, -lyah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Spanish.

, plural bom·bi·llas [bawm-, bee, -yahs, -lyahs].

a tube or drinking straw with a strainer at one end, especially for drinking maté.

First recorded in 1865–70

The bombilla, a silver tube with a bulbous end pierced full of fine holes, is then inserted.

Each drinker has his own gourd and bombilla, the latter being necessitated by the use of the leaf in the form of a powder.

The mistress of the house and all her guests suck the aromatic fluid through the same pipe or bombilla.

The beverage is then handed round to the company, each person being furnished with a bombilla.

Women and old men sit immovable in the dust, the bombilla between their lips, in an ecstasy of mat.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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