picante

Portuguese

Etymology

From picar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈkɐ̃.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈkɐ̃.t(ɨ)/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
Hyphenation: pi‧can‧te

Adjective

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

picante m (plural picantes)

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

Spanish

Etymology

From picar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piˈkante/ [piˈkãn̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ante
Syllabification: pi‧can‧te

Adjective

picante (plural picantes)

(of food) hot and spicy, piquant
vulgar, risque

Derived terms

rábano picante

Further reading

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

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