salado

See also: Salado and salàdo

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of salar (“to salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlado/ [saˈla.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧do

Adjective

salado (feminine salada, masculine plural salados, feminine plural saladas)

1. salty

   Synonym: con sal (with salt)

   Antonyms: soso (saltless), sin sal (saltless), azucarado (sugared; sugary; sweet), dulce (sweet), empalagoso (sickly sweet; cloying)

2. salted

   Synonym: con sal (with salt)

   Antonyms: soso (saltless), sin sal (saltless)

3. brackish

   Synonym: salobre

4. nice, pleasant, likable (of a person)

   Synonyms: majo, simpático, agradable, gracioso, saleroso

   Antonym: soso

5. (Latin America, colloquial) unlucky (of a person)
6. (Argentina, Chile, colloquial) expensive

   Synonyms: caro, costoso, prohibitivo

   Antonyms: barato, económico

7. (Uruguay, colloquial) awesome

   Synonyms: asombroso, piola (Argentina)

8. (Uruguay, colloquial) difficult, hard

Derived terms

• agua salada
• grama salada
• lago salado
• mangle salado
• me cago en la mar salada
• pino salado

Participle

salado (feminine salada, masculine plural salados, feminine plural saladas)

1. past participle of salar

Further reading

• “salado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024