padrón
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A small green pepper from Spain often fried and served as a tapa
- noun
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pimiento de padrón
- The chef quickly fried the padrón and sprinkled them with coarse sea salt.
Examples
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Some padrón peppers are mild, but occasionally you get a spicy one.
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I love eating padrón peppers with my tapas.
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We ordered a plate of padrón at the Spanish restaurant to share as an appetizer.
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Have you tried padrón peppers before?
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We ordered a plate of padrón at the Spanish restaurant to share as an appetizer.
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Some padrón peppers are mild, but occasionally you get a spicy one.
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The chef quickly fried the padrón and sprinkled them with coarse sea salt.
How Spicy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word padrón for the small green pepper comes from the town Padrón in Galicia, Spain, where the pepper was grown, so the name tells you the pepper comes from that place.