bombilla

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bombilla

/bɒmˈbiː(j)ə/
/boʊmˈbiʃə/

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Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish bombilla (“straw”, literally “little pump”).

noun bombillas

A straw, often made of metal, ending in a filter and used for drinking maté. The maté is then filled with yerva, after the bombilla has been placed in position. The bombilla is literally “a little pump,” that is, a sucking tube, ending in a perforated bulb, which performs the office of the perforated diaphragm in our teapot spouts.

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@misc{bombilla_2026,
  title = {bombilla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bombilla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}