picante
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
picante m or f (plural picantes)
- stinging
- hot, spicy, piquant (of food)
- A comida mexicana é muito picante. ― Mexican food is very spicy.
- (figurative) bawdy
- Ele contou-nos muitas anedotas picantes. ― He told us a lot of bawdy jokes.
Noun edit
picante m (plural picantes)
- hot sauce
- Esta receita precisa de muito picante. ― This recipe requires a lot of hot sauce.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
picante m or f (masculine and feminine plural picantes)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
picante m (plural picantes)
Further reading edit
- “picante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014