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Definition of picante - 2 dictionary results

pi⋅can⋅te

  [pi-kahn-tey; Sp. pee-kahn-te] adjective, noun, plural -tes [teyz; Sp. -tes] . Spanish and Latin-American Cookery.
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–adjective
1. prepared so as to be very hot and spicy, esp. with a hot and spicy sauce.
–noun
2. any food that is very hot and spicy, esp. a hot sauce.
Origin:
< Sp: spicy, hot, ptp. of picar to prick, bite; see pique, piquant
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pi·can·te   (pĭ-kän'tā)   
adj.  
  1. Prepared in such a way as to be spicy.
  2. Having a sauce typically containing tomatoes, onions, peppers, and vinegar.

[Spanish, present participle of picar, to bite, prick; see picaro.]
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