margarita

See also: Margarita

English

A margarita.

Alternative forms

• Margarita

Etymology

From Spanish margarita. Doublet of Margaret (and various forms, q.v.), margarite, Margherita, and marguerite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiː.tə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑɹ.ɡəˈɹi.tə/
• Rhymes: -iːtə

Noun

margarita (countable and uncountable, plural margaritas)

1. A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavoured liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass.
   • 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:

     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.

Synonyms

• marg (colloquial)

Derived terms

• applerita
• bananarita
• becharita
• beergarita
• beerita
• blackberrita
• blueberrita
• cinnamonrita
• cranberrita
• cucumberita
• gingerita
• graperita
• habanerita
• kiwirita
• lagerita
• lemonrita
• limerita
• mangorita
• margatini
• melonrita
• orangerita
• peacharita
• pearita
• pepperita
• picklerita
• pineapplerita
• plumarita
• plumrita
• pomrita
• pumpkinrita
• raspberrita
• salsarita
• seltzerita
• slusharita
• strawberrita
• vodkarita
• watermelonrita
• winearita
• yardarita

Related terms

• margarine

Translations

cocktail with tequila, orange liqueur, and lime

• American Sign Language: M@RadialHand-PalmDown-S@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack RoundSurface
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑪格麗塔 / 玛格丽塔 (mǎgélìtǎ)

• German: Margarita
• Japanese: マルガリータ (ja) (marugarīta)
• Spanish: margarita (es) m
• Swedish: margarita (sv) c

Further reading

• margarita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.ɡaˈri.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: mar‧ga‧rì‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), from a loanword of Eastern origin.

Noun

margarita f (plural margarite)

1. (archaic) alternative form of margherita
   • 1307, Dante Alighieri, Convivio, R. Ricciardi (1995), Capitolo XXX, p. 884:

     [...] sì come dice nostro Signore, non si deono le margarite gittare innanzi a li porci, [...]

     [...] as our Lord says, pearls are not to be given to pigs, [...]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish margarita, from Latin margarīta.

Noun

margarita m

1. margarita (cocktail)

Latin

margarītae (pearls)

Alternative forms

• margarītum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mar.ɡaˈriː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mar.ɡaˈriː.ta]

Noun

margarīta f (genitive margarītae); first declension

1. pearl
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Apocalypsis [Revelation] 21:21:

     Et duodecim portae duodecim margaritae sunt per singulas et singulae portae erant ex singulis margaritis […]

     And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: […]

2. a term of endearment

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	margarīta	margarītae
genitive	margarītae	margarītārum
dative	margarītae	margarītīs
accusative	margarītam	margarītās
ablative	margarītā	margarītīs
vocative	margarīta	margarītae

Synonyms

• (pearl): perula (Medieval Latin)

Derived terms

• margarītārius
• margarītātus
• margarītifer

Related terms

• margarītion
• margarītum

Descendants

• Catalan: margarida
• French: marguerite
  • → English: marguerite
  • → Slovak: margaréta
• Italian: margherita, margarita
• Old French: meregrot
  • → Middle English: margaret
• Portuguese: margarida
• Spanish: margarita
  • → English: margarita
  • → Italian: margarita
  • → Tagalog: margarita
• → Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 (marikreitus)
• → Proto-West Germanic: *marigreutō (see there for further descendants)

Margarita, Margareta:

• Catalan: Margarida
• Galician: Margarida
• Italian: Margherita
  • → English: Margherita, margherita
• Old French: Margaret
  • French: Marguerite
    • → English: Marguerite
  • Norman: Marguerite
  • → English: Margaret
• Portuguese: Margarida
• Spanish: Margarita
  • → English: Margarita
• → English: Margarita
• → German: Margarete, Margarethe
• → Latvian: Margarita
• → Norwegian: Margareta
• → Slovak: Margaréta
• → Swedish: Margareta, Margaretha

References

• “margarita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “margarita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "margarita", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “margarita”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾɡaˈɾita/ [maɾ.ɣ̞aˈɾi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: mar‧ga‧ri‧ta

Noun

margarita f (plural margaritas)

1. (flower) daisy

   Synonyms: margarita común, chiribita

2. pearl

   Synonym: perla

Derived terms

• dar margaritas a los cerdos
• margarita común

Descendants

• → Tagalog: margarita

Noun

margarita m (plural margaritas)

1. margarita (cocktail)

Descendants

• → English: margarita
• → Italian: margarita

Further reading

• “margarita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Noun

margarita c

1. margarita (cocktail)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish margarita (“daisy”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maɾɡaˈɾita/ [mɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾiː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: mar‧ga‧ri‧ta

Noun

margarita (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜄᜇᜒᜆ) (botany)

1. Clerodendrum calamitosum