The Portuguese word for salt is
sal
Gender
The gender of sal is masculine. E.g. o sal.Plural
The plural of sal is sais.Portuguese Definition
| salt | |
| 1. Substantivo. sal |
Translations for salt and their definitions
| sal | |
| 1. n-m. salt (sodium chloride, a substance used as a condiment and preservative) | |
| 2. n-m. (chemistry) salt (any compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base) | |
| 3. n-m. (usually in the plural) bath salt (any of several inorganic salts sometimes added to bath water) | |
| 4. n-m. (figurative) wit; the quality of being engaging | |
| 5. n-m. (rare) sal (ll, Shorea robusta), a dipterocarpaceous tree |
| salgado | |
| 1. adj. salty | |
| 2. adj. tasting of salt | |
| 3. adj. salted (containing salt) | |
| 4. adj. preserved or treated with salt | |
| 5. adj. (figurative, of language) coarse, provocative, earthy | |
| 6. adj. (colloquial) very expensive | |
| preço salgado - high price | |
| 7. n-m. any snack, usually fried, that takes salt | |
| 8. Participle. past participle of salgar |
| salino | |
| 1. adj. saline; salty (containing salt) | |
| 2. adj. (relational) salt | |
| 3. adj. (biology) growing in or near saltwater | |
| 4. v. verb form of salinar |
| marujo | |
| 1. n-m. sailor; seaman (member of a ship’s crew) |
| salgar | |
| 1. v. to salt (to add salt to) |
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