Meaning
pepper
- a pungent spice made from the ground dried berries of the pepper plant
In a sentence
Mi passi il sale e il pepe, per favore?
Can you pass me the salt and pepper, please?
Non metto mai troppo pepe nella pasta.
I never put too much pepper in pasta.
Ti piace il pepe nero sulla carne?
Do you like black pepper on meat?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pepe | masculine · singular |
| pepi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Refers only to the ground spice; bell peppers are 'peperoni' and chilli peppers are 'peperoncino'.
- Usually treated as an uncountable noun in everyday Italian.