pepper

la pimienta
pepper(
peh
-
puhr
)
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
noun
1. (spice)
a. la pimienta
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
She prefers to season her steaks with salt and pepper.Ella prefiere sazonar su bistec con sal y pimienta.
2. (fruit)
a. el pimiento
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
I found a package of green, red, and yellow peppers that we can use for the salad.Encontré un paquete de pimientos verdes, rojos y amarillos que podemos usar para la ensalada.
b. el pimentón
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
My grandfather's favorite dish is stuffed peppers.El plato preferido de mi abuelo es pimentón relleno.
c. el ají
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
She used the pepper in a sauce for the empanadas.Uso el ají en una salsa para las empanadas.
d. el chile
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
 (hot)
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
(Central America)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
This soup has peppers in it, and it's very spicy.Esta sopa tiene chile, y es bien picante.
e. la guindilla
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
 (hot)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
The recipe doesn't call for it, but I added peppers to the rice.The receta no lo incluye, pero le añadí guindillas al arroz.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
3. (to put pepper on)
a. sazonar con pimienta
I like to pepper my eggs a bit.Me gusta sazonar mis huevos con un poco de pimienta.
4. (to bombard)
a. acribillar
The panel peppered him with questions during his thesis defense.El comité lo acribilló con preguntas durante la defensa de su tesis.
5. (to intersperse)
a. salpicar
The book wasn't very original; it was peppered with references to other works.El libro no era muy original; estaba salpicado de referencias a otras obras.
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pepper
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun
1. (spice)
a. la pimienta
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
2. (vegetable)
a. el pimiento
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
b. el chile
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
c. el ají
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
d. el pimentón
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
black/white pepperpimienta negra/blanca
green/red pepperpimiento verde/rojo
pepper millmolinillo de pimienta
pepper potpimentero m
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
3. (in cooking)
a. sazonar con pimienta
4. (fig)
a.
to pepper something with bulletsacribillar a balazos algo
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pepper [ˈpepəʳ]
noun
1 (spice) pimienta (f)
season with salt and pepper freshly ground pepper
black/white pepper pimienta (f) negra/blanca
cayenne
2 (vegetable) pimiento (m); pimentón (m); (S. Cone)
chop the pepper and wash and slice the mushrooms
green pepper pimiento (m) verde; pimentón (m) verde; (LAm) red pepper (capsicum) pimiento (m) rojo; pimiento (m) morrón; pimentón (m) rojo; (LAm)
chili
transitive verb
1 echar or poner pimienta a; sazonar con pimienta
I salted and peppered them and cooked them in butter
2 (bombard) acribillar
the walls were peppered with bullet holes las paredes habían sido acribilladas a balazos
a burst of gunfire from inside the corridor peppered the wall opposite him the land adjacent to the village is now peppered with villas and holiday homes faces peppered with cuts he was wounded in both legs and severely peppered with shrapnel suddenly the garden was peppered with pellets they like to pepper you in the legs at about fifty yards he felt tiny bits of grit and sand peppering his knees the road was peppered with glass
to pepper sth/sb with bullets acribillar algo/a algn a balazos; to pepper sb with questions acribillar a algn a preguntas
reporters peppered her with questions about what was happening in Germany journalists who peppered her with tricky questions about devaluation were out of luck Malcolm found himself staying after class, peppering the instructor with questions
 (sprinkle) salpicar
his English is heavily peppered with Americanisms su inglés está salpicado de americanismos
these types of expressions pepper our language they peppered their reports with party jargon Mr. Bush peppered his speech with warnings his criticism was peppered with phrases like "scientifically unacceptable", "politically disastrous" the bill arrives peppered with mysterious extra charges
to pepper a work with quotations salpicar una obra de citas; his hair is peppered with grey tiene el pelo salpicado de canas
a handsome figure with silver-grey peppering his brown hair
modifier
pepper mill (n) molinillo (m) de pimienta
pepper plant (n) pimentero (m)
the pepper plants were shaded by beans on poles
pepper pot pepper shaker (US) (n) pimentero (m)
pepper steak (n) filete (m) a la pimienta
the other patrons turned back to their pepper steaks and fries
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bell pepper
el pimiento
el pimentón
salt and pepper
la sal y la pimienta
entrecano
cayenne pepper
la pimienta de cayena
black pepper
la pimienta negra
green pepper
el pimiento verde
red pepper
el pimiento rojo
la pimienta de cayena
chili pepper
el chile
pepper spray
el gas pimienta
red bell pepper
el pimiento rojo
hot pepper
el ají picante
ghost pepper
el chile fantasma
pepper shaker
el pimentero
green bell pepper
el pimiento verde
red pepper flakes
el pimiento rojo en hojuelas
salt and pepper to taste
sal y pimienta a gusto
sweet pepper
el pimiento dulce
ground black pepper
pimienta negra molida
with garlic and pepper
con ajo y pimienta
stuffed pepper
el pimiento relleno
season with salt and pepper
sazonar con sal y pimienta
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