bombilla

American  

[bawm-bee-yah, -lyah] / bɔmˈbi yɑ, -lyɑ /

noun

Spanish.

plural

bombillas

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

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Etymology

Origin of bombilla

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Each participant drains the gourd through the same perforated straw, which the Spanish dubbed a bombilla.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2012

They continued the Guaraní custom of sharing the same gourd and bombilla, a ritual that continues today.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2012

You say that Oliva Paz presented President Harry Truman, on behalf of Per�n, with a bombilla .

From Time Magazine Archive

The bombilla is for the purpose of straining the infusion—which is of a greenish-brown—as the powder would otherwise get into the mouth.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

You suck it into your mouth through a bombilla, or silver tube, which latter, if you are not careful, is apt to get so hot as often to burn your lips.

From Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay by Tetley, William C.