picante

Portuguese

Etymology

Picar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /piˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, [piˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /piˈkɐ̃.tɨ/, [piˈkɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: pi‧can‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi

Adjective

picante m or f (plural picantes, comparable)

1. hot, spicy, piquant (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.

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Spanish

Etymology

From picar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈkante/, [piˈkãn̪.t̪e]

Adjective

picante (plural picantes)

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

Derived terms

• rábano picante

 

Further reading

• “picante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014