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spice up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To enhance the flavor of something by adding spice to it.
   • January 2008, The Eagle-Tribune - Fresh or dried? Spice up your cooking with the right seasonings
2. (informal, transitive) To make more exotic, fun or extravagant.
   • The good sister is there to minister to his spiritual needs, the nurse is there to bind his wounds, and the prostitute is there to spice up his bland sex life. 1984, Rosemarie Tong - Women, Sex, and the Law page 39

Forms

Translations (33)

hu érdekessé tesz (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · de aufpeppen (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · ru разнообра́зить (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · cmn 加辣 (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · ru приправля́ть (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · hu feldob (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · es animar (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · la faciō dēlectābilior (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · ko 양념하다 (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · ca animar (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · fr pimenter (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · vi thêm mắm thêm muối (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · es saborizar (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · pl zaostrzyć (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · it ravvivare (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · pt temperar (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · de aufpeppen (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · pl podkręcić (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · ru припра́вить (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · it pimentare (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · hu színesít (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · pl podkręcać (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · pl zaostrzać (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · pl uatrakcyjniać (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · pl doprawiać (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · it speziare (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · fr pimenter (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · pt apimentar (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · hu megfűszerez (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · es especiar (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · pl uatrakcyjnić (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) · pt condimentar (enhance the flavour of something using spice) · pl doprawić (enhance the flavour of something using spice)