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saucy

UK: /ˈsɔː.si/ US: /ˈsɑː-/

Translation

adj
[comp saucier, superl sauciest]
picante
verde
a saucy joke
un chiste verde
(Definition of saucy adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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