cayena

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Tupi quiínia (“hot pepper”).

Noun

cayena f (plural cayenas)

1. cayenne pepper
   • 2016 September 29, “Espaguetis picantes con camarones”, in La Prensa‎^[1]:

     Incorporar los camarones, condimentar con la cayena y saltearlos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “cayena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10