picante

 [pi-kahn-tey; Sp. pee-kahn-te]  

pi·can·te

   [pi-kahn-tey; Sp. pee-kahn-te] adjective, noun, plural pi·can·tes [teyz; Sp. -tes] . Spanish and Latin-American Cookery.
adjective
1.
prepared so as to be very hot and spicy, especially with a hot and spicy sauce.
noun
2.
any food that is very hot and spicy, especially a hot sauce.

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