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Word 1 of 3: jalapeño

/xalaˈpeɲo/
jalapeño

nounA thick green chili pepper that's spicy and used a lot in Mexican food.

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The j sounds like a heavily aspirated h, not like the English j, and the stress falls on the syllable 'pe'.

  1. 1El jalapeño se ve chico, pero pica muchísimo, te lo juro.The jalapeño looks small, but it's really spicy, I swear.