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noun, masculine

pisto

/ˈpisto/

noun, masculine/ˈpisto/plural: pistos

money; hard liquor; ratatouille (dish prepared with chopped vegetables, especially peppers, onion, eggplant, and zucchini, which is fried and mixed with tomato sauce and sometimes scrambled egg or a fried egg)

Nos va a hacer falta pisto este mes.We're going to be short of money this month.

Deverbal from pistar (“crush”), borrowed from Neapolitan pistare, from Vulgar Latin pistare, frequentative of Latin pīnsere.