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SPANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

salir.

to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/saˈliɾ/[saˈliɾ]
  1. to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out

    ¿Salimos a correr?
  2. to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places)

  3. to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder)

  4. to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out

    Sal de mi apartamento ahora mismo.
  5. to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building)

  6. to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work)

  7. to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (+ de)

  8. to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (+ de)

  9. to go off (e.g. go off the grid, go off the air) (+ de)

  10. to log out, to quit, to exit (e.g. a web page or document)

  11. to emerge, to come out

  12. to come out (e.g., information, a movie)

  13. to rise (the sun)

  14. to climb out (e.g. a hole, a window, a canyon)

  15. to escape, to break out

  16. to go on a date

  17. to go out with, see, be dating

  18. to run (e.g. a bus or other form of public transportation)

  19. to come off, to go off (i.e. to project a certain quality)

    Solo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas.
  20. to appear, to look (on a painting, photo, movie, play, TV, platform, etc)

    En esta foto salgo bonita, por eso es la que muestro.
  21. to result, to arise as a consequence

    Luis salió herido de la pelea.
    Aposté al 10 pero salió un 5.
  22. to turn out, to work out, to go off

    Salió a su madre.
    Todo va a salir muy bien.
  23. to be out, to get out (e.g. of a deal, of a situation)

    intransitive · reflexive
    Mira, sé que negociamos eso, pero quiero salirme.
  24. to come off (i.e. to project a certain quality)

    intransitive · reflexive
    Ella siempre ha salido como una persona amistosa.
    Ese tipo en el parque simplemente se salió como muy raro y espeluznante.
  25. to pop out (e.g. a contact lens, a cork, someone popping out of a dark space)

    intransitive · reflexive
  26. to get away with (+ con)

    reflexive
  27. to get out, to go out (e.g. get out of control, get out of hand, go out of sync)

    reflexive
  28. to go off, to turn off (go off script, on a tangent, go off the road/track/path)

    reflexive
  29. to rock, rule (be fantastic)

    Spain · colloquial · reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sel- Proto-Indo-European *-yétor Proto-Indo-European *sl̥yétor Proto-Italic *saljō? Latin saliō Spanish salir Inherited from Old Spanish salir, from Latin salīre. Compare Portuguese sair and Romanian sări. Cognate with English sally. Displaced in meaning by the doublet saltar.

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