spice up

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spice up

verb spices up · spicing up · spiced up

  1. To enhance the flavor of something by adding spice to it. January 2008, The Eagle-Tribune - Fresh or dried? Spice up your cooking with the right seasonings
  2. informal, transitive To make more exotic, fun or extravagant. The good sister is there to minister to his spiritual needs, the nurse is there to bind his wounds, and the prostitute is there to spice up his bland sex life.

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verb enhance the flavour of something using spice

Españolsaborizar, especiar
한국어양념하다 yangnyeomhada
中文加辣 jiālà
Portuguêscondimentar, temperar
Françaispimenter
Deutschaufpeppen
Italianospeziare, pimentare
Русскийприправля́ть pripravljátʹ, припра́вить priprávitʹ

verb make something more exotic, fun or extravagant

Españolanimar
Portuguêsapimentar
Françaispimenter
Deutschaufpeppen
Italianoravvivare
Русскийразнообра́зить raznoobrázitʹ
Tiếng Việtthêm mắm thêm muối

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@misc{spice_up_2026,
  title = {spice up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spice%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}