picante

Portuguese

Etymology

Picar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.ˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧can‧te
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi

Adjective

picante (plural picantes, comparable)

  1. hot, spicy (of food)
    A comida mexicana é muito picante.
    Mexican food is very spicy.
  2. stinging
    Eu caí no meio dos arbustos picantes.
    I fell into the stinging bushes.
  3. bawdy
    Ele contou-nos muitas anedotas picantes.
    He told us a lot of bawdy jokes.

Noun

picante m (plural picantes)

  1. hot sauce
    Esta receita precisa de muito picante.
    This recipe requires a lot of hot sauce.

Spanish

Etymology

From picar

Adjective

picante (plural picantes)

  1. (of food) hot and spicy
  2. vulgar, risque
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