salgado

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese salgado, from Vulgar Latin *salicare (“to salt”), from Latin sāl (“salt”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /salˈɡado/
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /salˈħado/

  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Hyphenation: sal‧ga‧do

Participle

salgado (feminine salgada, masculine plural salgados, feminine plural salgadas)

  1. past participle of salgar

Adjective

salgado (feminine salgada, masculine plural salgados, feminine plural salgadas)

  1. salty
  2. salted

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese salgado, from Vulgar Latin *salicāre (“to salt”), from Latin sāl (“salt”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

salgado (feminine salgada, masculine plural salgados, feminine plural salgadas)

  1. salty
    1. tasting of salt
    2. salted (containing salt)
    3. preserved or treated with salt
      Synonym: ensalmourado
    4. savory; nonsweet
      Antonym: doce
    5. (figurative, of language) coarse, provocative, earthy
      Synonym: malicioso
  2. (colloquial) very expensive
    Synonym: caríssimo
    Antonyms: barato, em conta
    preço salgado
    high price

Noun

salgados

salgado m (plural salgados)

  1. any snack, usually fried, that takes salt
    Synonym: salgadinho
    Antonym: doce

Participle

salgado (feminine salgada, masculine plural salgados, feminine plural salgadas)


  1. past participle of salgar

Quotations

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See also

Basic tastes in Portuguese · sabores (layout · text)
doce azedo salgado amargo picante umami
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