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If you're at a Korean restaurant and see something that looks irresistibly tasty but spicy, you may hesitate to try the food. It’s a good way to ask a server how spicy the food is before ordering your meal if you have a low tolerance for spicy food. If you want to ask a server how spicy the food on the menu, you can use this phrase. “Igeo Maewoyo?” which means “Is this spicy?”

“Is this spicy?” = 이거 매워요? (Igeo Maewoyo?) (igeo = this, maewoyo = spicy)

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