"spice up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-spice up.ogg Forms: spices up [present, singular, third-person], spicing up [participle, present], spiced up [participle, past], spiced up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} spice up (third-person singular simple present spices up, present participle spicing up, simple past and past participle spiced up)
  1. To enhance the flavor of something by adding spice to it. Translations (enhance the flavour of something using spice): 加辣 (jiālà) (Chinese Mandarin), pimenter (French), aufpeppen (German), speziare (Italian), pimentare (Italian), doprawiać [imperfective] (Polish), doprawić [perfective] (Polish), zaostrzać [imperfective] (Polish), zaostrzyć [perfective] (Polish), condimentar (Portuguese), temperar (Portuguese), приправля́ть (pripravljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), припра́вить (priprávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), saborizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spice_up-en-verb-gs-ZyTh6 Disambiguation of 'enhance the flavour of something using spice': 96 4
  2. (transitive, informal) To make more exotic, fun or extravagant. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (make something more exotic, fun or extravagant): animar (Catalan), pimenter (French), aufpeppen (German), ravvivare (Italian), faciō dēlectābilior (Latin), podkręcać [imperfective] (Polish), podkręcić [perfective] (Polish), uatrakcyjniać [imperfective] (Polish), uatrakcyjnić [perfective] (Polish), apimentar (Portuguese), разнообра́зить (raznoobrázitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), animar (Spanish), thêm mắm thêm muối (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-spice_up-en-verb-ZCLifgNz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 24 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'make something more exotic, fun or extravagant': 3 97

Inflected forms

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      "word": "faciō dēlectābilior"
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