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burny salsa

burny salsa

6.7
A very spicy sauce that makes your mouth burn
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : salsa picante
  • After just one bite of the burny salsa, his eyes began to water.

Examples

  • The burny salsa was so hot that even the bravest guests hesitated to try it.

  • She loves making burny salsa with extra jalapeños for her friends.

  • This burny salsa is too hot for me!

  • I love the burny salsa they serve at that restaurant.

  • The burny salsa was so spicy that everyone at the party struggled to finish their chips.

  • She prepared a burny salsa using three types of peppers to impress her guests.

  • Many people enjoyed the flavor of the burny salsa, but they couldn't handle the heat.

Antonyms

mild-tasting
1 3.4

Having a gentle, not strong taste

How Hot

burny salsa
  • US
6.7
salsa
94 1.2

Surface Forms

burny salsa singular
burny salsas plural

Morphology

burny + salsa

The meaning 'a spicy salsa that creates a burning sensation' is directly and transparently derived from 'burny' (causing a burning/peppery sensation) modifying 'salsa' (a sauce). This adjective+noun composition and the predictable -y derivation are common ways to describe spiciness cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.

Etymology

Burny salsa joins burn (the hot, burning feeling in your mouth) and salsa (a spicy sauce). One popular idea is that the name comes from the picture of a sauce so hot it 'burns' you, so it means 'a very spicy salsa that creates a burning sensation in the mouth'.