colada
Americannoun
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a tall mixed drink of rum, cream of coconut, ice, and fruit or fruit juice, usually mixed in a blender and served with a fruit garnish.
banana colada; strawberry colada.
Etymology
Origin of colada
see origin at piña colada
Example Sentences
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Plaid Cymru is represented by a mojito, the Conservatives by a raspberry daquiri, Reform by an espresso martini, the Greens by a pina colada, and the Lib Dems by an Irn-Bru vodka martini.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The whirring piña colada machine tempted me, but at $15 a glass, it would quickly drain my budget.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Faux-Greek columns rise like they’re holding up the heavens; murals swirl across the ceiling in the color palette of a piña colada; the lighting is the same warm gold as melted butter.
From Salon • May 19, 2025
Or are they simply there to make plain old water taste like a piña colada?
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2024
‘It’s a famous restaurant,’ Reyna said, ‘in the middle of Old San Juan. They invented the pina colada here, back in the 1960s, I think.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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