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Patatas bravas: how spicy?

Patatas bravas are a familiar potato-and-sauce tapa. The heat and preparation of the sauce can vary.

Patatas bravas: how spicy?
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Patatas bravas are a familiar potato-and-sauce tapa. The heat and preparation of the sauce can vary.

Mini-dialogue

¿La salsa pica mucho?

Podemos pedirla aparte.

Try this in conversation: “¿La salsa pica mucho?” — “Is the sauce very spicy?” Read the mini-dialogue aloud, change one detail and answer in your own words.

Try it yourself

Ask about spiciness and request the sauce separately. Compare muy, poco and nada in three short replies.

Sources and photographs

The practice situation and dialogue were written by PROSPERAMOS. The photograph illustrates the theme.