chili

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
  2. noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

In classic literature

Synonyms

chili con carne

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