pisco

[pis-koh, pee-skoh, pee-skaw]

noun

1. a brandy made in the district near Pisco, a seaport in Peru.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pisco¹

1840–50, < Spanish

Example Sentences

Stretching for about 1.5 kilometers across the Pisco Valley in southern Peru, Monte Sierpe consists of roughly 5,200 uniform holes, each 1-2 meters wide and 0.5-1 meter deep, arranged in rows and divided into distinct sections.

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She welcomed him home with a bottle of pisco, Peru's national drink.

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Around midnight, as Yuste finished his pisco sour, Girardi made an intriguing proposal: What if they worked together to pass an amendment to Chile’s constitution, one that would enshrine protections for mental privacy as an inviolable right of every Chilean?

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"They are sustaining investments that include new tailings dams in the San Rafael mine and improvements in the Pisco smelter," he said.

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I love to start with a classic Pisco Sour and aji de gallina croquetas, followed by el Churrasquito chifero, which is a veggie fried rice with grilled beef tenderloin, fried plantain and egg, spicy sauce and pickled veggies paired with a nice glass of pinot noir.

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