salgado
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese salgado, from Vulgar Latin *salicare (“to salt”), from Latin sāl (“salt”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.
AdjectiveEdit
salgado m (feminine singular salgada, masculine plural salgados, feminine plural salgadas)
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese salgado, from Vulgar Latin *salicāre (“to salt”), from Latin sāl (“salt”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
salgado (feminine salgada, masculine plural salgados, feminine plural salgadas)
- salty
- tasting of salt
- salted (containing salt)
- preserved or treated with salt
- Synonym: ensalmourado
- (figurative, of language) coarse, provocative, earthy
- Synonym: malicioso
- (colloquial) very expensive
NounEdit
salgado m (plural salgados)
- any snack, usually fried, that takes salt
- Synonym: salgadinho
- Antonym: doce
Related termsEdit
ParticipleEdit
salgado (feminine salgada, masculine plural salgados, feminine plural salgadas)
- past participle of salgar