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salgado.

salty

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/sawˈɡa.du/Brazil[saʊ̯ˈɡa.du]Brazil/salˈɡa.du/Portugal[saɫˈɣa.ðu]Portugal
  1. salty tasting of salt

  2. salty salted (containing salt)

  3. salty preserved or treated with salt

  4. salty savory; nonsweet

  5. salty coarse, provocative, earthy

    figuratively
  6. very expensive

    colloquial
    preço salgado
Where this word comes from

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

noun/sawˈɡa.du/Brazil[saʊ̯ˈɡa.du]Brazil/salˈɡa.du/Portugal[saɫˈɣa.ðu]Portugal
  1. any snack, usually fried, that takes salt

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

verb/sawˈɡa.du/Brazil[saʊ̯ˈɡa.du]Brazil/salˈɡa.du/Portugal[saɫˈɣa.ðu]Portugal
  1. past participle of salgar

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

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

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