pisco

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noun

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.

OriginSpanish pisco ← Quechua pisqu →
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Meanings

pisco1

nounpisco (countable and uncountable, plural piscos)

plural piscos

  1. countableuncountableA 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.

Pisco2

nounPisco (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA kind of brandy produced in Peru and Chile.

    The casks of Pisco were kept down the after-hatchway, which, for this reason, was secured with bar and padlock.

    1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Quechuapisqu
  2. SpanishPisco
  3. Spanishpisco
  4. Englishpisco

Borrowed from Spanish pisco, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 匹斯可, 皮斯科
  • 匹斯可 (pǐsīkě)a liquor
  • 皮斯科 (písīkē)a liquor
Japanese ピスコ
  • ピスコ (pisuko)a liquor

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Picos
Cite this entry
APA

pisco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisco

MLA

“pisco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisco. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pisco,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pisco.

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