i don't like spicy food
i don't like spicy food は英検3級レベルの英単語で、「辛い物は苦手」という意味があります。発音記号は /aɪ doʊnt laɪk ˈspaɪsi fuːd/ です。
辛い物は苦手
解説 Definition
辛みの強い料理が苦手で、食事を選ぶときに味付けを控えめにしてほしいと伝える表現。レストランや友だちとの食事で、辛さの調整をお願いする場面でよく使う。
This means you do not enjoy food with a strong hot taste from chili or pepper. It can describe personal preference, or sometimes that spicy food is too strong for you.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
"I don't like ..." は好みをやわらかく伝える定番枠として丸ごと覚える。核は spicy food で、「香辛料の効いた食べ物」という頻出の組み合わせ。hot food は「熱い料理」にも聞こえるので、辛さなら spicy を選ぶと混乱しにくい。なお don't like は単なる苦手で、食べられない・アレルギーの can't eat ほど強くない。注文時の "not too spicy" とセットで場面記憶にすると残りやすい。
Keep "I don't like ..." as one soft pattern for talking about personal taste. Then attach the common pair "spicy food," which appears very often together. It also helps to contrast it with "hot food," which can mean food with high temperature, not strong spice.
例文
I don't like spicy food.
私は辛い食べ物が苦手です。
My brother doesn't like spicy food.
私の兄は辛い食べ物が苦手です。
We don't like spicy food.
私たちは辛い食べ物が苦手です。
i don't like spicy food の語源・成り立ち Etymology
spicyはラテン語species（種類・香料）由来のspiceに形容詞接尾辞-yが付いた語。speciesは「見る」意のspecere由来で、special（特別な）と同根。香辛料が「特別な品」とされた歴史を反映する。
Spicy comes from spice plus the adjective ending -y. Spice came through French from Latin species, which could mean "kind," "appearance," or later "valuable goods," and it is related to special through the root specere, "to look." The modern sense grew because spices were seen as distinctive, special trade items.
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