# pisco
## English
### Etymology

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

### Noun

pisco (countable and uncountable, plural piscos)
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* pisco sour

#### Translations
### Further reading

* pisco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* COIPs, Picos

## Catalan
### Verb

pisco
* first-person singular present indicative of piscar

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pis.ko/
* Hyphenation: pis‧co

### Noun

pisco m (plural piscos)
* pisco

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Back-formation of piscar (“to blink”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpisko/ [ˈpis̺.kʊ]
* Rhymes: -isko
* Hyphenation: pis‧co

#### Noun

pisco m (plural piscos)
* robin, European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
    Synonyms: paporroibo, paifoco
* a bit
    Synonym: chisco

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pisco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pisco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pisco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pisco
* first-person singular present indicative of piscar

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpis.ku/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpis.ku/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpiʃ.ku/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpis.ko/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpiʃ.ku/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -isku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃku
* Hyphenation: pis‧co

### Verb

pisco
* first-person singular present indicative of piscar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpisko/ [ˈpis.ko]
* Rhymes: -isko
* Syllabification: pis‧co
* Homophone: pizco

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

#### Noun

pisco m (plural piscos, feminine pisca, feminine plural piscas)
* (Colombia, Venezuela) turkey (bird)
    Synonyms: pavo, (Mexico, Central America) chompipe, (Mexico, Central America) guajolote, (Cuba) guanajo

### Etymology 2

From Pisco, a city of Peru, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

#### Noun

pisco m (plural piscos)
* pisco (a liquor distilled from grapes made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile)

##### Derived terms

* piscola

##### Descendants

* → English: pisco

### References

* ↑ “pisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* ↑ “pisco”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

### Further reading

* “pisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10