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chili

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chil·i also chil·e or chil·li  (chl)
n. pl. chil·ies also chil·es or chil·lies
1. The pungent fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum, used especially as a flavoring in cooking. Also called chili pepper.
2. Chili con carne.

[Spanish chile, from Nahuatl chilli.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chilichili - ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
Mexico, United Mexican States - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
2.chilichili - very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits
jalapeno pepper, jalapeno - hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico
cayenne, cayenne pepper - a long and often twisted hot red pepper
chili powder - powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano
Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
Translations
chili [ˈtʃɪlɪ] N (chilies (pl)) (also chilli pepper) → chile m, ají m (S. Cone), guindilla f (Sp)
chili con carnechile con carne
chili powderchile m en polvo
chili saucesalsa f de ají

chili [ˈtʃɪli] [chilies] (pl)
see chilli
chili con carne [ˌtʃɪlikɒnˈkɑːrni] nchili con carne m
chili powder npoudre f de piment rouge

chili chilli
chili فلفل أحمر حار pálivá paprička chili Chili τσίλι chile chili piment čili peperoncino トウガラシ 칠리 Spaanse peper chilipepper czerwony pieprz chili, pimenta острый стручковый перец spansk peppar พริก acı ớt 辣椒


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"Try a chili with it, Miss Sharp," said Joseph, really interested.
In Chili, Tucuman, and other parts, it has converted them, we are told, into Tartar-like tribes, and enabled them to keep the Spaniards out of their country, and even to make it dangerous for them to venture far from their towns and settlements.
When South America, that is to say, Peru, Chili, Brazil, the provinces of La Plata and Columbia, had poured forth their quota into their hands, the sum of $300,000, it found itself in possession of a considerable capital, of which the following is a statement:
 
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