English Explanatory Dictionary

pisco

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.
noun
  1. A kind of brandy produced in Peru and Chile.

Word forms

pisco piscos

Etymology

Etymology tree Quechua pisquder. Spanish Pisco Spanish piscobor. English pisco Borrowed from Spanish pisco, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Derived words

pisco sour
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