YOU SAID:
Those meatballs were zesty.
INTO JAPANESE
それらのミートボールはピリッとしたものでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Those meatballs were tangy.
INTO JAPANESE
それらのミートボールはピリッとしていました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Those meatballs were tangy.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.