picante

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

noun

plural picantes

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of picante¹

< Spanish: spicy, hot, past participle of picar to prick, bite; pique ¹, piquant

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Example Sentences

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His flexes were so weak salsa that they made Pace Picante Sauce seem as fiery as Tapatío.

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Look for Zócalo- or Belmonte-brand jars labeled “sin picante,” or non-spicy.

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The platter consists of burnt ends, cornbread, pulled pork, coleslaw and smoked picante.

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Pedro and Ramon smother their slices with Valentina Salsa Picante.

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He even uses EBay to track down rare condiments; in what he describes as “a huge score,” a hoarder once sold him hundreds of packets of a picante sauce McDonald’s no longer makes.

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picador picara

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