pepper
To add pepper toTo add pepper to.
» You put in too much pepper.
Du hast da zu viel Pfeffer hineingetan.
Ты положил слишком много перца.
Ты кладёшь слишком много перца.
Ты переперчил.
Вы переперчили.
Вы кладёте слишком много перца.
Вы положили слишком много перца.
Ти кладеш забагато перцю.
Ти поклав забагато перцю.
Ти поклала забагато перцю.
Meaning
8 senses(transitive)To add pepper to.
pfeffern
перчи́тьperčítʹ, поперчи́тьpoperčítʹ
add pepper to
(transitive)To strike with something made up of small particles.
(transitive)To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes.
(transitive)To add (something) at frequent intervals.
He liked to pepper long words throughout his conversation.
(slang, transitive)To beat or thrash.
To use a pepper (type of value used prior to hashing).
(Multicultural London English, slang, transitive)To shoot (upon) with the dotty.
(slang, transitive)To write accents or disambiguating marks in script.
Examples
291 sentencesYou put in too much pepper.
Ти кладеш забагато перцю.
ruТы положил слишком много перца.
deDu hast da zu viel Pfeffer hineingetan.
I don't eat green peppers at all.
Я взагалі не їм зелений перець.
ruЯ совсем не ем зелёный перец.
deGrünen Paprika esse ich gar nicht.
She hates green peppers.
Вона ненавидить зелений перець.
ruОна ненавидит зелёный перец.
deSie hasst grünen Pfeffer.
Tom hates green peppers.
Том ненавидить зелений перець.
deTom hasst grüne Paprika.
I really like green peppers.
Мені дуже до вподоби зелений перець.
deIch mag grüne Gemüsepaprika sehr.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English peper, piper, from Old English piper, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar,From Middle English peper, piper, from Old English piper, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from an Indo-Aryan source; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”), ultimately from Dravidian; compare Tamil திப்பலி (tippali). The name was given to the capsicum fruit because of its unusual spicy taste, not unlike the Old World spice. Cognate with Scots pepar, Saterland Frisian Pieper, West Frisian piper, Dutch peper, German Low German Peper, German Pfeffer, Danish peber, Norwegian Bokmål pepper, Norwegian Nynorsk pepar, Swedish peppar, Icelandic pipar. Doublet of falafel and peepul.
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Forms
peppers, peppering, peppered, pepperedSynonyms
1 synonyms- attack and bombard with or as if with missiles:pelt
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
7 patterns- salt and pepper
- green peppers
- like green peppers
- too much pepper
- much pepper in
- much pepper
- more pepper