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23 June
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What is the difference between pico and picante ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between pico and picante ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Spanish (Mexico)
"Pico" = beak, pickaxe, something spiky, present verb of "picar" (to chop, to sting, etc.) for the personal pronoun (I). In some places a slang for penis
"Picante" = spicy
- English (US)
@Andre_V I had a Spanish teacher tell me that pico, or I guess pica, also means spicy. So I was trying to understand the difference. Have you heard it used that way?
- Spanish (Mexico)
I got you now. "Picar" is also the verb of the property of being spicy
For example, both "Este chile pica" and "Este chile es picante" mean "This chili is spicy". "Esta comida me pica" can be translated as "This food is too spicy for me". Idk if there's a word for it
Also, there are two variants for those words:
"Enchilar" = "picar"
"Enchiloso" = "picante"
Was that what you were talking about?
- English (US)
@Andre_V ahh ok. yes. So you can't say está pica o es pica to mean it's spicy.
And if you say está comida me pica it implies it is too spicy.
When would you naturally say picante and when would you say enchiloso?
And if you say está comida me pica it implies it is too spicy.
When would you naturally say picante and when would you say enchiloso?
- Spanish (Mexico)
Exactly
Well, they both mean the same, soy can be interchangeable. But, yeah, "enchiloso" is used in casual and non formal situations; the same with "enchilar"
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