picante
spicy
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
Anything with a sharp bite to it, like hot chiles
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
visual
Picante means spicy and comes from the idea of being poked by a pico0, a sharp point. Spicy food stings like a sharp prick, like how in English we say that something spicy has "a bite."
picante
spicy, hot (food)
Food that burns your mouth, usually from chile.
Esta salsa está demasiado picante para míThis sauce is too spicy for me
Pedí las alitas picantes y casi lloroI ordered the hot wings and almost cried
racy, risqué (suggestive)
A joke, story, or scene that is sexually suggestive. Think of how in English something spicy can mean something a little too explicit to describe out loud.
Nos contó un chiste picante y todos se rieronHe told us a racy joke and everyone laughed
La escena final es bastante picanteThe final scene is fairly risqué
sharp, cutting (words)
A remark or piece of criticism that is meant to sting.
El periódico publicó un comentario muy picante sobre el alcaldeThe paper ran a very sharp comment about the mayor
Respondió con una crítica picanteShe answered with a cutting critique
el picante
hot sauce, chile (noun)
Hot sauce or chile, the spicy thing you add to a dish.
¿Le pongo picante a los tacos?Shall I put hot sauce on the tacos?
No le eches tanto picante al caldoDon't put so much chile in the broth