See also: Salgado

Galician Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Adjective Edit

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

  1. salty
  2. salted

Portuguese Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sawˈɡa.du/ [saʊ̯ˈɡa.du]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sawˈɡa.do/ [saʊ̯ˈɡa.do]

Adjective Edit

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. (figurative, of language) coarse, provocative, earthy
      Synonym: malicioso
  2. (colloquial) very expensive
    Synonym: caríssimo
    Antonyms: barato, em conta
    preço salgado
    high price

Related terms Edit

Noun Edit

 
salgados

salgado m (plural salgados)

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

Participle Edit

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


  1. past participle of salgar

Quotations Edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:salgado.

See also Edit

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