- salt
- so:lt
1. noun1) ((also common salt) sodium chloride, a white substance frequently used for seasoning: The soup needs more salt.) sal2) (any other substance formed, like common salt, from a metal and an acid.) sal3) (a sailor, especially an experienced one: an old salt.) (viejo) lobo de mar
2. adjective(containing, tasting of, preserved in salt: salt water; salt pork.) salado
3. verb(to put salt on or in: Have you salted the potatoes?) salar, echar sal- salted- saltness
- salty
- saltiness
- bath salts
- the salt of the earth
- take something with a grain/pinch of salt
- take with a grain/pinch of salt
salt n salSALTtr[sɔːlt]abbreviation1 (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) conversaciones para la limitación de armas estratégicassalt ['sɔlt] vt: salar, echarle sal asalt adj: saladosalt n: sal fsaltadj.• salado, -a adj.• salobre adj.n.• sal (Química) s.m.• salero s.m.v.• curar v.• marinar v.• salar v.• salpresar v.
I sɔːltnouna) u (Culin) sal fto be the salt of the earth — ser* la sal de la tierra
(to be) worth one's salt: any teacher worth her salt toda maestra que se precie de tal, toda maestra digna de ese nombre; to rub salt into the wound(s) hurgar* en la herida; to take something with a pinch o grain of salt — no creerse* algo al pie de la letra, tomar algo con pinzas (CS)
b) c (Chem) sal f
II
transitive verba) (put salt on) \<\<vegetables/meat\>\> salar, ponerle* or echarle sal a; \<\<road\>\> echar sal enb) salted past p saladoPhrasal Verbs:
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adjectivea) (salted) (before n) <meat/cod> salado, en salazónb) (saline) (before n) <pond/lake> salobre, de agua saladac) <air> salobre; <taste> salado, a sal[sɔːlt]1. N1) (Culin) sal f- take sth with a pinch or grain of salt- rub salt into the wound2) (Med)salts sales fpl2.VT (=flavour) salar; (=preserve) conservar en sal; [+ road] poner sal en, tratar con sal3.ADJ [meat, water, taste] saladoit's very salt — está muy salado
4.CPDsalt beef N — carne f de vaca salada
salt cod N — bacalao m salado
salt fish N — pescado m salado, pescado m en salazón
salt flats NPL — salinas fpl
salt lake N — lago m de agua salada
salt marsh N — saladar m , salina f
salt mine N — mina f de sal
salt pan N — salina f
salt pork N — cerdo m en salazón
salt shaker N — salero m
salt spoon N — cucharita f de sal
saltwatersalt water N — agua f salada
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I [sɔːlt]nouna) u (Culin) sal fto be the salt of the earth — ser* la sal de la tierra
(to be) worth one's salt: any teacher worth her salt toda maestra que se precie de tal, toda maestra digna de ese nombre; to rub salt into the wound(s) hurgar* en la herida; to take something with a pinch o grain of salt — no creerse* algo al pie de la letra, tomar algo con pinzas (CS)
b) c (Chem) sal f
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transitive verba) (put salt on) \<\<vegetables/meat\>\> salar, ponerle* or echarle sal a; \<\<road\>\> echar sal enb) salted past p saladoPhrasal Verbs:
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adjectivea) (salted) (before n) <meat/cod> salado, en salazónb) (saline) (before n) <pond/lake> salobre, de agua saladac) <air> salobre; <taste> salado, a sal
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