spicy

English

Alternative forms

spicey

Etymology

From spice +‎ -y, attested since the 16th century.

Adjective

spicy (comparative spicier, superlative spiciest)

Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
He prepared a spicy casserole.
(of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chillies or similar hot spices.
This curry is too spicy for me. I can't eat it.
(of flavors or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent.
She breathed in the strong, spicy aroma.
(of expression or behavior) Vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
He is known for his spicy political commentary.
Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
I don't want my children to see the spicy images on this web site.

Synonyms

(piquant): hot, spicy-hot

Translations

containing spice

Belarusian: во́стры (vóstry)
Burmese: စပ် (my) (cap)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 辣 (laat⁶)

Mandarin: 辣 (zh) (là)
Dutch: gekruid (nl), kruidig (nl)
Finnish: mausteinen, maustettu (fi)
French: épicé (fr)
German: würzig (de), gewürzt (de), pikant (de)
Greek: καρυκευμένος (el) m (karykevménos), πικάντικος (el) m (pikántikos)
Hungarian: fűszeres (hu)
Indonesian: pedas (id)
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 辛い (ja) (からい, karai)
Khmer: ហឹរ (km) (haə)
Korean: 맵다 (ko) (maepda)
Lao: ເຜັດ (phet)
Latin: acutus (la)
Lü: ᦵᦕᧆ (ṗhed)

Macedonian: зачинет (začinet)
Malay: pedas
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: تند‎ (fa) (tond)
Portuguese: temperado (pt), condimentado
Russian: пря́ный (ru) (prjányj), о́стрый (ru) (óstryj)
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: condimentado (es), aliñado (es), (having a sharp flavor) picante (es), sazonado (es), aromático (es)
Swedish: kryddig, kryddstark (sv)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: เผ็ด (th) (pèt)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: пря́ний (prjányj), го́стрий (hóstryj)
Vietnamese: có gia vị (vi)
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: בשׂמימדיק‎ (besomemdik)
Zazaki: tun
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

tangy or pungent

Arabic: حِرِّيف‎ (ḥirrīf)
Armenian: կծու (hy) (kcu)
Azerbaijani: ədviyyəli
Belarusian: во́стры (vóstry)
Bulgarian: лют (bg) (ljut)
Burmese: စပ် (my) (cap), မာလာ (my) (mala)
Catalan: picant (ca)
Chamicuro: chawa
Chinese:
Cantonese: 辣 (laat⁶)

Mandarin: 辣 (zh) (là)
Czech: ostrý (cs)
Estonian: pikantne
Finnish: pistävä (fi)
French: épicé (fr), piquant (fr), pimenté (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: scharf (de) (hot), würzig (de) (herbal)
Greek: αψύς (el) m (apsýs)
Hindi: मसालेदार (hi) (masāledār), तीखा (hi) (tīkhā)
Hungarian: fűszeres (hu)
Indonesian: pedas (id)
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: piccante (it)
Japanese: 辛い (ja) (からい, karai), スパイシー (supaishī)
Khmer: ហឹរ (km) (haə)
Korean: 맵다 (ko) (maepda)
Lao: ເຜັດ (phet)
Latvian: ass (lv)
Lithuanian: aštrus

Lü: ᦵᦕᧆ (ṗhed)
Macedonian: лут (lut), пика́нтен (pikánten)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Maori: pūhahana
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: ostry (pl), pikantny (pl)
Portuguese: apimentado (pt), picante (pt)
Quechua: haya, jaya
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: о́стрый (ru) (óstryj), пря́ный (ru) (prjányj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: љут

Roman: ljut (sh)
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: ostrý
Slovene: pekoč
Spanish: picante (es)
Swedish: skarp (sv), stark (sv), pikant (sv)
Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: เผ็ด (th) (pèt)
Tibetan: ཁ་ཚ་པོ (kha tsha po)
Turkish: çeşnili (tr)
Ukrainian: го́стрий (hóstryj), пря́ний (prjányj)
Vietnamese: cay (vi)
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: manh

vigorous, colorful

Finnish: pisteliäs (fi)
Greek: ζωηρός (el) m (zoïrós)
Hungarian: borsos (hu), zamatos (hu)

Japanese: 辛口の (karakuchi no), とげのある (togenoaru)
Russian: энерги́чный (ru) (energíčnyj), живо́й (ru) (živój)

racy

Dutch: pikant (nl)
Finnish: pornahtava (fi)
Greek: τολμηρός (el) m (tolmirós), καυτός (el) m (kaftós)
Hungarian: pikáns (hu)

Japanese: 刺激的な (ja) (shigekiteki na)
Macedonian: пика́нтен (pikánten)
Russian: пика́нтный (ru) (pikántnyj), неприли́чный (ru) (neprilíčnyj) (indecent)

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Translations to be checked

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} חריף‎ (he) (kharíf)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} speziato (it)

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} caliente (es)

References

spicy in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
“spicy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“spicy” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
"spicy" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
“spicy” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspʲit͡sɨ/

Adjective

spicy

sleeping, asleep
dormant (e.g. of a volcano)

Declension

Declension of spicy

	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Neuter singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	spicy	spica	spice	spicej	spice
Genitive	spicego	spiceje	spicego	spiceju	spicych
Dative	spicemu	spicej	spicemu	spicyma	spicym
Accusative	spicy spicego (animate)	spicu	spice	spicej spiceju (animate)	spice spicych (optional animate form)
Instrumental	spicym	spiceju	spicym	spicyma	spicymi
Locative	spicem	spicej	spicem	spicyma	spicych

Participle

spicy

past active participle of spaś

Declension

Declension of spicy

	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Neuter singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	spicy	spica	spice	spicej	spice
Genitive	spicego	spiceje	spicego	spiceju	spicych
Dative	spicemu	spicej	spicemu	spicyma	spicym
Accusative	spicy spicego (animate)	spicu	spice	spicej spiceju (animate)	spice spicych (optional animate form)
Instrumental	spicym	spiceju	spicym	spicyma	spicymi
Locative	spicem	spicej	spicem	spicyma	spicych

Synonyms

spijucy

References

spicy in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
spicy in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

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