amaro

plural amari · plural amaros

1. countableuncountableA type of Italian herbal liqueur.

   “Yeah, okay,” we smirked. But we crafted elaborate, absurd concoctions. We layered amaros and ports in medicine vials.

   2023 September 21, Stephen Haines, “W Stands for W”, in The Paris Review, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2023

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   At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro.

   2007 June 27, Rob Willey, “A Bit of History, Reborn in a Glass”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2021

   In addition, there's a full bar, with some excellent specialty cocktails and a good list of grappa, amari and dessert wines.

   2009 May 24, Michael Bauer, “Adesso salumi is a slice of heaven”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2013

   There are two dozen cocktails and shots, from whiskey punches to tiki-style drinks. (The three-rum old-fashioned should be a summertime classic.) There's a hearty focus on the bitter Italian aperitifs known as amaros.

   2013 July 26, Fritz Hahn, “Football and sightseeing in Richmond”, in Independent Online, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2025

plural Amaros

1. A surname from Spanish.

plural Amaros

1. A descendant of freed Afro-Brazilian slaves who left Brazil and settled in Benin, Togo, and Nigeria.

   Synonyms: Aguda