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picante

[ pi-kahn-tey; Spanish pee-kahn-te ]

/ pɪˈkɑn teɪ; Spanish piˈkɑn tɛ /

Spanish and Latin-American Cookery.

adjective

prepared so as to be very hot and spicy, especially with a hot and spicy sauce.

noun, plural pi·can·tes [pi-kahn-teyz; Spanish pee-kahn-tes] /pɪˈkɑn teɪz; Spanish piˈkɑn tɛs/.

any food that is very hot and spicy, especially a hot sauce.

Origin of picante

< Spanish: spicy, hot, past participle of picar to prick, bite; see pique¹, piquant

Words nearby picante

pica, picabia, picadillo, picador, picaninny, picante, picara, picard, picardy, picardy third, picaresque

Example sentences from the Web for picante

When simply boiled in water it is insipid, but is very savory when cooked as a picante.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests |J. J. von Tschudi
Another dish not less indispensable to a Lima dinner than puchero, is picante.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests |J. J. von Tschudi