imiento ▁( the ▁mascul ine ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁for ▁pe pper , ▁which ▁is ▁p im ient a ). ▁ ▁Several ▁other ▁countries , ▁such ▁as ▁Chile , ▁whose ▁name ▁is ▁un related , ▁Perú , ▁Puerto ▁Rico , ▁and ▁Argentina , ▁use ▁aj í . ▁In ▁Spain , ▁heat less ▁vari eties ▁are ▁called ▁p imiento ▁and ▁hot ▁vari eties ▁gu ind illa . ▁In ▁Argentina ▁and ▁Spain , ▁the ▁variety ▁C . ▁ch aco ense ▁is ▁commonly ▁known ▁as ▁" put ap ari ó ", ▁a ▁sl ang ▁expression ▁equivalent ▁to ▁" dam n ▁it ", ▁probably ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁extra - hot ▁flav our . ▁ ▁In ▁Indian ▁English , ▁the ▁word ▁" c aps icum " ▁is ▁used ▁exclus ively ▁for ▁C aps icum ▁ann u um . ▁All ▁other ▁vari eties ▁of ▁hot ▁caps icum ▁are ▁called ▁ch illi . ▁In ▁northern ▁India ▁and ▁Pakistan , ▁C . ▁ann u um ▁is ▁also ▁commonly ▁called ▁sh im la ▁mir ch ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁language ▁and ▁as ▁" K od ai ▁Moz h ag ai " ▁in ▁T amil ▁which ▁roughly ▁transl ates ▁to ▁" um bre lla ▁ch illi " ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁appearance . ▁Sh im la , ▁ ▁incident ally , ▁is ▁a ▁popular ▁hill - station ▁in ▁India ▁( and ▁mir ch ▁means ▁ch illi ▁in ▁local ▁languages ). ▁ ▁In ▁Japanese , ▁t ō gar ashi ▁( 唐 <0xE8> <0xBE> <0x9B> 子 , ▁ ト ウ ガ ラ シ ▁" Ch inese ▁must