salt

la sal

noun

salt
[sɔːlt]
sustantivo
1sal (f) (substance)
  • (bath) salts -> sales (f pl) de baño
  • salt mine -> mina (f) de sal, salina (f)
  • salt shaker -> salero (m) (Estados Unidos)
2(familiar) (sailor)
  • an old salt -> un lobo de mar
3(idioms)
  • to take a story with a pinch or grain of salt -> no creerse del todo una historia
  • no journalist worth his salt … -> ningún periodista que se precie…
  • to rub salt in somebody's wounds -> removerle la herida a alguien
  • the salt of the earth -> la sal de la tierra
adjetivo
también:
  • salt beef -> salazón (f) de ternera
  • salt cod -> bacalao (m) (salado)
  • salt water -> agua (f) salada
verbo transitivo
4salar (food); esparcir sal en (roads)

salt [solt]
sustantivo
1Sal, cloruro de sodio, substancia cristalina de sabor propio bien señalado y muy soluble en el agua.
2(Quím.) Sal, cuerpo compuesto de un ácido y una base. (m)
3 (plural) (m)
4Sabor, gusto. (m)
5Sal, agudeza, gracia o viveza en lo que se dice. (m)
adjetivo
6Salado, impregnado de sales; salobre, que tiene sabor de sal, salino.
7Curado o conservado con sal.
8Que contiene agua salada o que crece en ella.
  • Salt-box -> caja para guardar la sal en la cocina, salero de cocina
  • Saltcellar -> salero de mesa
  • Salt-bush -> cualquiera de ciertas hierbas de Australia, principalmente del género Atriplex
  • Salt-junk -> carne de buey dura, seca y salada para rancho de marinero
  • Salt-lick -> lamedero, lugar adonde acuden los animales para lamer la sal de depósitos superficiales
  • Glauber’s salt -> sal de Glauber, sulfato de sodio
  • Rochelle salt -> tartrato de potasio y sodio
  • Rock salt -> sal gema
  • Not (to be) worth one’s salt -> no valer uno el pan que come
  • To be sent o to go up Salt River -> (Ger. E. U.) Ser vencido, se dice de candidatos políticos, y es alusión a un pequeño río del Kentucky
  • Salt-mines -> minas de sal, salinas
  • Salt-maker -> salinero, el que trabaja en las minas de sal o en las salinas
  • Salt meat -> s
  • Salt-pan -> 1. Caldera o vasija en que se hace la sal evaporando el agua salada, 2. Saladar, V.
  • Salt-spring -> fuente de agua salada
  • Salt-tub -> saladero
  • Salt-works -> salina, lugar donde se hace o cuaja la sal
Sales medicinales, cuando no se especifican, sal de higuera, sulfato de magnesia. Carne salada; cocina. Salt-pit. Salt-pit, saladar, lagunajo, el sitio donde se cría u obtiene la sal por evaporación natural, salina.
1Salar, sazonar con sal, curar con sal, salpimenar.
2sazonar, purificar. (Figurado)
3Depositar fraudulentamente mineral rico en una mina sin valor. (Germania; Alemania)
4Amañar (a thing).
5Cargar precios exagerados en una factura.
  • To salt one’s money away -> ahorrar, guardar o colocar uno bien su dinero
va.

salt [sɔːlt]
noun
1 (Cookery) sal; (f)
the salt of the earth la sal de la tierra
to take sth with a pinch grain of saltor no tomarse algo al pie de la letra
to rub salt into the wound poner sal en la llaga
he's worth his salt es una persona que vale
2 (Med) salts sales; (f)
like a dose of salts (informal) en un santiamén; (informal) en menos que canta un gallo; (informal)
The new secretary went through the unanswered letters like a dose of salts
verb:transitive
(flavour) salar; (preserve) conservar en sal; [+road] poner sal en; tratar con sal;
adjective
[+meat, water, taste] salado
it has a salt taste
it's very salt está muy salado
modifier
salt beef (n) carne de vaca salada; (f)
salt fish (n) pescado salado; (m) pescado en salazón; (m)
salt flats (n) salinas; (f)
salt lake (n) lago de agua salada; (m)
salt marsh (n) saladar; (m) salina; (f)
salt mine (n) mina de sal; (f)
salt pan (n) salina; (f)
salt shaker (n) salero; (m)
salt spoon (n) cucharita de sal; (f)
salt water (n) agua salada; (f)

Verb Conjugation for "salt"

Imperative
  • salt
  • you salt
  • he/she salts
  • we salt
  • you salt
  • they salt
Preterite
  • I salted
  • you salted
  • he/she salted
  • we salted
  • you salted
  • they salted
Present Continuous
  • I am salting
  • you are salting
  • he/she is salting
  • we are salting
  • you are salting
  • they are salting
Present Perfect
  • I have salted
  • you have salted
  • he/she has salted
  • we have salted
  • you have salted
  • they have salted
Past Continuous
  • I was salting
  • you were salting
  • he/she was salting
  • we were salting
  • you were salting
  • they were salting
Past Perfect
  • I had salted
  • you had salted
  • he/she had salted
  • we had salted
  • you had salted
  • they had salted
Future
  • I will salt
  • you will salt
  • he/she will salt
  • we will salt
  • you will salt
  • they will salt
Future Perfect
  • I will have salted
  • you will have salted
  • he/she will have salted
  • we will have salted
  • you will have salted
  • they will have salted
Future Continuous
  • I will be salting
  • you will be salting
  • he/she will be salting
  • we will be salting
  • you will be salting
  • they will be salting
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been salting
  • you have been salting
  • he/she has been salting
  • we have been salting
  • you have been salting
  • they have been salting
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been salting
  • you will have been salting
  • he/she will have been salting
  • we will have been salting
  • you will have been salting
  • they will have been salting
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been salting
  • you had been salting
  • he/she had been salting
  • we had been salting
  • you had been salting
  • they had been salting
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