sal

=

salt

noun

sal
feminine noun
1. salt (cooking & chemistry)
  • sal común o de cocina -> cooking salt
  • sal gema -> rock salt
  • sal gorda -> coarse salt (peninsular Spanish)
  • sal marina -> sea salt
  • sal de mesa -> table salt
2. wit (gracia)
  • es la sal de la vida -> it's one of the little things that makes life worth living
3. charm (garbo)
4. misfortune, bad luck (desgracia) (CAm, Carib, Mexican Spanish)
  • echar la sal a alguien -> to put a jinx on somebody
sales
plural feminine noun
1. smelling salts (para reanimar)
2. (para baño)
  • sales (de baño) -> bath salts

sal [sahl]
noun
1. Salt, common salt. (f)
2. Salt, a compound of a base and an acid. (Chemistry) (f)
3. Wit, facetiousness. (f)
4. Grace, charm, pep. (f)
5. Misfortune, piece of bad luck. (Figurative & Latin American) (m)
  • Sal gema -> rock salt
  • Sal y pimienta -> salt and pepper
  • Sal gorda -> kitchen salt
  • Sal de fruta -> fruit salts

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