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salt Meaning in Portuguese (salt significado em português)

nounsal
verbsalgar
Sinônimos:cloreto de sódiocondimento
sal in English:salt
IPA:sal
Plural: salts
Gender:Masculino
Quick Answer • Resumo

O significado de salt em português é sal, salgar. (Sal é uma substância cristalina branca, cloreto de sódio, usada para temperar e conservar alimentos.)

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Definitions of Salt

  1. 1
    noun
    sal

    Salt is a white crystalline substance, sodium chloride, used for seasoning and preserving food.

    Sal é uma substância cristalina branca, cloreto de sódio, usada para temperar e conservar alimentos.

  2. 2
    verb
    salgar

    To salt something means to add salt to it, especially to season or preserve food.

    Salgue algo significa adicionar sal a ele, especialmente para temperar ou conservar alimentos.

Example Sentences

“Please pass the salt.”

Por favor, passe o sal.

“She forgot to salt the pasta water.”

Ela esqueceu de salgar a água da massa.

“Too much salt is bad for your health.”

Muito sal faz mal à saúde.

Synonyms (Sinônimos)

In Portuguese:

cloreto de sódiocondimento

In English:

sodium chloridecondiment

Antonyms (Antônimos)

In Portuguese:

açúcar

In English:

Inflected Word Forms

present participlesalting
nounsaltiness
adjectivesalted
adjectivesalty

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

salt of the earthidiom

A very good, honest, and reliable person or group of people.

take with a grain of saltidiom

To not completely believe something; to be skeptical.

rub salt in the woundidiom

To make someone's pain or suffering worse.