Galician

Adjective

salgado m (feminine singular salgada, masculine plural salgados, feminine plural salgadas)

1. salty
2. salted

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese salgado, from Vulgar Latin *salicare ‎(“to salt”), from Latin sāl ‎(“salt”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.ˈɡa.du/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.ˈɡa.do/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /saɫ.ˈɣa.ðu/
• Hyphenation: sal‧ga‧do
• Homophone: Salgado
• Rhymes: -adu

Adjective

salgado m ‎(feminine singular salgada, masculine plural salgados, feminine plural salgadas, comparable)

1. salty (tasting of salt)
2. salted; salty (containing salt)
3. preserved or treated with salt
4. (figuratively, of language) salty (coarse, provocative, earthy)
5. (slang) very expensive

Synonyms

• (treated with salt): ensalmourado
• (provocative): malicioso
• (very expensive): caríssimo

Antonyms

• (very expensive): barato

Noun

salgado m (plural salgados)

1. chips

Synonyms

• salgadinho

Related terms

Verb

salgado

1. Masculine singular past participle of salgar