picar means to be spicy or hot in spanish?
picar means to be hot or spicy when it comes to food in spanish?
5 Answers
picante is spicy... comida picante
picar is to be hot or to be spicy ... a verb
esta salsa sí que pica this sauce is really hot or spicy
It means "to be spicy."
Esta comida pica mucho.
It means hot, peppery spicy
Examples: No me gusta la comida picante
= I don't like spicy food
El médico le ha prohibido el picante o los picantes
= The doctor has told him not to eat spicy food
I hope this helps 
Example sentences courtesy of Oxford Spanish Dictionary 3rd Edition
Good question. Now I'm not 100% sure but I remember" picar" to mean pierce or prick or bite(as in an insect bite). I think it is" picante" you are looking for .Now that word may come from picar . Lets see what other answers come around. Buena suerte.
"Picar" is a verb with lots of meanings, and all of them involve a sharp effect, since it comes from "pico" (the beak of an animal, or any other sharp tool designed to sting or make holes). This verbs is used to chop (with sharp tools), to peck (obviously), punch holes (obvious again).. and many more meanings. Itchy and burning feelings, and the spiciness of the chillies are metaphors, where you feel as if you are being stung by something that gives you that feeling.
