güisqui

Asturian

Noun

güisqui m

1. whisky

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwiski/ [ˈɡwis.ki]
• Rhymes: -iski
• Syllabification: güis‧qui

Noun

güisqui m (plural güisquis)

1. Alternative spelling of whisky
   • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 74:

     Amalia da un último trago a su güisqui y pide otro. El mío está todavía a medias. Ella me mira, con el vaso vacío entre las manos, y sonríe.

     Amalia takes a last sip of her whisky and asks for another. Mine is still halfway through. She looks at me, her empty glass in her hands, and smiles.

Usage notes

• Rarely used hispanicized spelling suggested by the Real Academia Española.

Further reading

• “güisqui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28