pepper

pimienta

Polvo de sabor intenso, normalmente negro, que se añade a la comida para darle más sabor.

En inglés sencillo: A strong-tasting powder, usually black, added to food to give it more flavor.

• Add a little pepper to the soup.
• Would you like salt and pepper?
• She ground fresh pepper over the salad.

Expresiones frecuentes: black pepper, salt and pepper, ground pepper, freshly ground pepper

pimentero

Planta cuyos pequeños frutos se utilizan para obtener una especia de sabor intenso.

En inglés sencillo: A plant whose small fruits are used to make a strong-tasting spice.

• Pepper grows well in warm, wet weather.
• The farmer planted pepper near the trees.
• These pepper vines will produce berries next year.

Expresiones frecuentes: pepper plant, pepper vine, grow pepper

añadir pimienta, salpimentar

Añadir pimienta negra o blanca a la comida.

En inglés sencillo: To add a strong-tasting black or white spice to food.

• Pepper the eggs before serving.
• She salted and peppered the potatoes.
• He always peppers his soup generously.

Sinónimos: season

Expresiones frecuentes: pepper the soup, pepper the steak

salpicar, sembrar

Repartir muchas cosas pequeñas por distintas partes de una superficie o de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To cover something with many small things spread across it.

• Tiny holes peppered the wall.
• The hills were peppered with small houses.
• Reporters peppered her with questions after the meeting.

Cómo se usa: pepper something with something (The storm peppered the windows with hailstones.); be peppered with something (Her speech was peppered with jokes.)

Sinónimos: dot, sprinkle

Expresiones frecuentes: pepper with something, pepper the surface