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salado.

salty

6 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/saˈlado/[saˈla.ð̞o]

  1. salty

  2. salted

  3. brackish

  4. nice, pleasant, likable (of a person)

  5. unlucky (of a person)

    Latin-America · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Italic *sāls Latin sāl Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin saliōder. Vulgar Latin *salāre Spanish salar Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Old Spanish -ado Spanish -ado Spanish salado From salar (“to salt”) + -ado.

adj/saˈlado/[saˈla.ð̞o]

  1. expensive

    Argentina · Chile · colloquial

  2. awesome

    Uruguay · colloquial

  3. difficult, hard

    Uruguay · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian salato. Doublet of salario.

verb/saˈlado/[saˈla.ð̞o]

  1. past participle of salar

    form-of · participle · past
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