salchicha

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salciccia.

Noun

salchicha f (plural salchiches)

1. sausage

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salciccia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salˈt͡ʃit͡ʃa/ [s̺ɑlʲˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -itʃa
• Hyphenation: sal‧chi‧cha

Noun

salchicha f (plural salchichas)

1. sausage

Further reading

• “salchicha” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sawˈʃi.ʃɐ/ [saʊ̯ˈʃi.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sawˈʃi.ʃɐ/ [saʊ̯ˈʃi.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sawˈʃi.ʃa/ [saʊ̯ˈʃi.ʃa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /salˈʃi.ʃɐ/ [saɫˈʃi.ʃɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /salˈʃi.ʃɐ/ [saɫˈʃi.ʃɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /salˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃɐ/ [saɫˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃɐ]

• Rhymes: -iʃɐ
• Hyphenation: sal‧chi‧cha

Noun

salchicha f (plural salchichas)

1. Alternative form of salsicha

Further reading

• “salchicha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salciccia, variant of salsiccia, derived from Latin salsus (“salty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salˈt͡ʃit͡ʃa/ [salʲˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃa]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -itʃa
• Syllabification: sal‧chi‧cha

Noun

salchicha f (plural salchichas)

1. sausage

   Synonym: vienesa

2. hotdog

   Synonym: perrito caliente

3. (slang) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Derived terms

• fiesta de salchichas
• perro salchicha
• salchicha de Frankfurt
• salchicha de Viena
• salchicha vienesa

 

See also

• embutido
• chorizo
• morcilla

Further reading

• “salchicha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014