picante

Portuguese

Etymology

From picar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (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)

1. stinging
2. hot, spicy, piquant (of food)

   A comida mexicana é muito picante. ― Mexican food is very spicy.

3. (figurative) 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 +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

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

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