Korean food is generally very spicy.
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Spicy
//ˈspaɪsi//
Synonyms for "spicy" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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237 translations across 76 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pikant adj (tangy or pungent)
Arabic
4 entries- بيحْرِق adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- حار adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- حار adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- حار adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
Armenian
3 entries- կծու adj (containing spice)
- կծու adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- կծու adj (tangy or pungent)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- tünd adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- ədviyyatlı adj (containing spice)
- ədviyyəli adj (containing spice)
- ədviyyəli adj (tangy or pungent)
Belarusian
2 entries- во́стры adj (containing spice)
- во́стры adj (tangy or pungent)
Bengali
1 entries- মশলাদার adj (tangy or pungent)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- मसालेदार adj (containing spice)
Bulgarian
4 entries- лют adj (tangy or pungent)
- парлив adj (vigorous, colorful)
- пика́нтен adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- пика́нтен adj (racy)
Burmese
3 entries- စပ် adj (containing spice)
- စပ် adj (tangy or pungent)
- မာလာ adj (tangy or pungent)
Catalan
3 entries- especiat adj (containing spice)
- picant adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- picant adj (tangy or pungent)
Chamicuro
1 entries- chawa adj (tangy or pungent)
Chinese
1 entries- 薟 /莶 adj (containing spice)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 辛辣 adj (tangy or pungent)
- 辣 adj (containing spice)
- 辣 adj (tangy or pungent)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 辛辣 adj (tangy or pungent)
- 辣 adj (containing spice)
- 辣 adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- 辣 adj (tangy or pungent)
Czech
3 entries- ostrý adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- ostrý adj (tangy or pungent)
- pikantní adj (tangy or pungent)
Danish
3 entries- krydret adj (tangy or pungent)
- pikant adj (tangy or pungent)
- stærk adj (tangy or pungent)
Dutch
4 entries- gekruid adj (containing spice)
- kruidig adj (containing spice)
- pikant adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- pikant adj (tangy or pungent)
Estonian
2 entries- pikantne adj (tangy or pungent)
- vürtsikas adj (tangy or pungent)
Finnish
4 entries- mausteinen adj (containing spice)
- maustettu adj (containing spice)
- pisteliäs adj (vigorous, colorful)
- pistävä adj (tangy or pungent)
French
4 entries- pimenté adj (tangy or pungent)
- piquant adj (tangy or pungent)
- épicé adj (containing spice)
- épicé adj (tangy or pungent)
Georgian
2 entries- ცხარე adj (containing spice)
- ცხარე adj (tangy or pungent)
German
4 entries- gewürzt adj (containing spice)
- pikant adj (containing spice)
- pikant adj (tangy or pungent)
- pikant adj (racy)
Greek
4 entries- αψύς adj (tangy or pungent)
- ζωηρός adj (vigorous, colorful)
- καρυκευμένος adj (containing spice)
- καυτός adj (racy)
Hebrew
3 entries- חָרִיף adj (tangy or pungent)
- חריף adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- מתובל adj (containing spice)
Hindi
2 entries- तीखा adj (tangy or pungent)
- मसालेदार adj (tangy or pungent)
Hungarian
4 entries- borsos adj (vigorous, colorful)
- csípős adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- fűszeres adj (containing spice)
- fűszeres adj (tangy or pungent)
Icelandic
4 entries- kryddaður adj (containing spice)
- sterkur adj (containing spice)
- sterkur adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- sterkur adj (tangy or pungent)
Indonesian
2 entries- pedas adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- pedas adj (tangy or pungent)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- تُنْد adj (containing spice)
- تُنْد adj (tangy or pungent)
Irish
2 entries- láidir adj (tangy or pungent)
- te adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
Italian
3 entries- piccante adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- piccante adj (tangy or pungent)
- speziato adj (containing spice)
Japanese
4 entries- とげのある adj (vigorous, colorful)
- スパイシー adj (tangy or pungent)
- 刺激的な adj (racy)
- 辛い adj (containing spice)
Kazakh
1 entries- ащы adj (tangy or pungent)
Khmer
2 entries- ហឹរ adj (containing spice)
- ហឹរ adj (tangy or pungent)
Korean
2 entries- 맵다 adj (containing spice)
- 맵다 adj (tangy or pungent)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- ачуу adj (containing spice)
- ачуу adj (tangy or pungent)
- өткүр adj (containing spice)
Lao
2 entries- ເຜັດ adj (containing spice)
- ເຜັດ adj (tangy or pungent)
Latin
1 entries- acutus adj (containing spice)
Latvian
1 entries- ass adj (tangy or pungent)
Lithuanian
1 entries- aštrus adj (tangy or pungent)
Lü
2 entries- ᦵᦕᧆ adj (containing spice)
- ᦵᦕᧆ adj (tangy or pungent)
Macedonian
4 entries- зачинет adj (containing spice)
- лут adj (tangy or pungent)
- пика́нтен adj (tangy or pungent)
- пика́нтен adj (racy)
Malay
4 entries- berempah adj (containing spice)
- gatal adj (racy)
- pedas adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- pedas adj (tangy or pungent)
Mongolian
1 entries- халуун adj (tangy or pungent)
Māori
4 entries- kakā adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- puhahana adj (containing spice)
- puhahana adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- pūhahana adj (tangy or pungent)
Northern Mansi
1 entries- пе̄лп adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- krydret adj (tangy or pungent)
- pikant adj (tangy or pungent)
- sterk adj (tangy or pungent)
Polish
4 entries- ostry adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- ostry adj (tangy or pungent)
- pikantny adj (containing spice)
- pikantny adj (tangy or pungent)
Portuguese
4 entries- apimentado adj (tangy or pungent)
- condimentado adj (containing spice)
- picante adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- picante adj (tangy or pungent)
Quechua
2 entries- haya adj (tangy or pungent)
- jaya adj (tangy or pungent)
Romanian
4 entries- asezonat adj (containing spice)
- condimentat adj (containing spice)
- iute adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- picant adj (tangy or pungent)
Russian
4 entries- живо́й adj (vigorous, colorful)
- неприли́чный adj (racy)
- о́стрый adj (containing spice)
- о́стрый adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- spìosrach adj (containing spice)
- spìosrach adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ljut adj (tangy or pungent)
- љут adj (tangy or pungent)
Slovak
2 entries- ostrý adj (tangy or pungent)
- pikantný adj (tangy or pungent)
Slovene
3 entries- pekoč adj (tangy or pungent)
- pikanten adj (tangy or pungent)
- začinjen adj (tangy or pungent)
Spanish
4 entries- alampante adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- aliñado adj (containing spice)
- aromático adj (containing spice)
- condimentado adj (containing spice)
Swedish
4 entries- kryddig adj (containing spice)
- kryddig adj (tangy or pungent)
- kryddstark adj (containing spice)
- kryddstark adj (tangy or pungent)
Tagalog
2 entries- maanghang adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- maanghang adj (tangy or pungent)
Tajik
1 entries- тунд adj (tangy or pungent)
Tangut
1 entries- 𘟋 adj (containing spice)
Thai
2 entries- เผ็ด adj (containing spice)
- เผ็ด adj (tangy or pungent)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཁ་ཚ་པོ adj (tangy or pungent)
Tunisian Arabic
1 entries- حار adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
Turkish
4 entries- acı adj (tangy or pungent)
- baharatlı adj (containing spice)
- baharatlı adj (tangy or pungent)
- baharlı adj (containing spice)
Tutong
1 entries- pelos adj (containing spice)
Ukrainian
4 entries- го́стрий adj (containing spice)
- го́стрий adj (tangy or pungent)
- пря́ний adj (containing spice)
- пря́ний adj (tangy or pungent)
Urdu
3 entries- تِیکھا adj (tangy or pungent)
- تیز adj (tangy or pungent)
- مَسالے دار adj (tangy or pungent)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئاچچىق adj (tangy or pungent)
Uzbek
2 entries- achchiq adj (tangy or pungent)
- oʻtkir adj (tangy or pungent)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cay adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- cay adj (tangy or pungent)
- có gia vị adj (containing spice)
Welsh
4 entries- sbeisiog adj (containing spice)
- sbeislyd adj (containing spice)
- sbeislyd adj (providing a burning sensation due to chilies and other spices)
- sbeislyd adj (tangy or pungent)
Yiddish
1 entries- בשׂמימדיק adj (containing spice)
Zazaki
1 entries- tun (diq) adj (containing spice)
Zhuang
1 entries- manh adj (tangy or pungent)
Zyphe
1 entries- hei adj (containing spice)
Sample sentences
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Korean food is noted for its spicy flavor.
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Every now and then I like to have hot and spicy food.
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Make it as spicy as you can.
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