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"Salt" is a form of "salt", a noun which is often translated as "la sal". "Pepper" is a noun which is often translated as "la pimienta". Learn more about the difference between "pepper" and "salt" below.
pepper(
peh
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puhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (spice)
a. la pimienta (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She prefers to season her steaks with salt and pepper.Ella prefiere sazonar su bistec con sal y pimienta.
2. (fruit)
a. el pimiento (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I found a package of green, red, and yellow peppers that we can use for the salad.Encontré un paquete de pimientos verdes, rojos y amarillos que podemos usar para la ensalada.
b. el pimentón (M) (Latin America)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
My grandfather's favorite dish is stuffed peppers.El plato preferido de mi abuelo es pimentón relleno.
c. el ají (M) (Latin America)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
She used the pepper in a sauce for the empanadas.Uso el ají en una salsa para las empanadas.
d. el chile (M) (hot) (Central America) (Mexico)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
This soup has peppers in it, and it's very spicy.Esta sopa tiene chile, y es bien picante.
e. la guindilla (F) (hot) (Spain)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Spain
The recipe doesn't call for it, but I added peppers to the rice.La receta no lo incluye, pero le añadí guindillas al arroz.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. sazonar con pimienta
I like to pepper my eggs a bit.Me gusta sazonar mis huevos con un poco de pimienta.
4. (to bombard)
a. acribillar
The panel peppered him with questions during his thesis defense.El comité lo acribilló con preguntas durante la defensa de su tesis.
a. salpicar
The book wasn't very original; it was peppered with references to other works.El libro no era muy original; estaba salpicado de referencias a otras obras.
salt(
salt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
2. (chemistry)
3. (colloquial) (sailor)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el lobo de mar (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
After 50 years of fishing, the old salt finally retired.Después de 50 años en la pesca, el viejo lobo de mar por fin se jubiló.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
b. echar sal en
We keep the salt shakers off the table so people don't salt their food too much.No tenemos saleros en la mesa para que la gente no eche tanta sal a la comida.
c. esparcir sal en (a road)
New York did not salt the roads and now they're all covered in ice.En Nueva York no esparcieron sal en las calles y ahora están cubiertas de hielo.
a. salar
They catch and salt hundreds of pounds of herring a day during fishing season.Pescan y salan cientos de libras de arenque al día durante la temporada de pesca.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
6. (culinary)
a. salado
We ate some salt pork as a snack with our beer.Comimos un poco de cerdo salado como aperitivo con la cerveza.
