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/Sounds like "teh" (as in "ten") + "PAH" (as in "park") + "cheh" (as in "check")/

Meaning

A traditional fermented Mexican drink made from pineapple peel with piloncillo (raw sugar) and cinnamon. It's refreshing, slightly alcoholic, and sold at markets and street stands as the ancestral Mexican beverage it is.

Examples

At the market they sell ice-cold tepache for 10 pesos a glass.

My grandma makes the best tepache with her mom's recipe.

Regional synonyms

A compliment tossed at someone in public, usually about their looks. In Spanish-speaking cultures, piropos range from poetic verses to blunt flattery. How welcome they are depends entirely on context and tone: street piropos are increasingly seen as unwanted in big cities.