spice

/spaɪs/ verb [T]

Translation

› to add spice to something

baharat koymak/eklemek

[often passive] The apples were spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon.901

spice sth up phrasal verb

› to make something more interesting or exciting

heyecan katmak, hareket ve canlılık getirmek

You can always spice up a talk with a few pictures.1839

(Definition of spice verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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