🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

licor

Pronunciation / Transliteration: liˈkoɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Liqueur/lɪˈkɜːr/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Después de la cena, disfrutamos de un licor de frambuesa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A sweet alcoholic beverage made by infusing spirits with flavors, such as fruits, herbs, or spices.

    "After dinner, we enjoyed a glass of raspberry liqueur."
  2. 2

    A type of cordial or flavored spirit often used in cocktails or as a digestif.

    "The bartender recommended a coffee liqueur for the dessert cocktail."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'liqueur' originates from the Latin 'liquifacere', meaning 'to dissolve'. It evolved through Old French as 'liqueur', referring to a sweetened spirit infused with flavors, which became popular in Europe during the 17th century.

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