Spanish Word of the Day

sal

salt

Gender

The gender of sal is feminine. E.g. la sal.

Plural

The plural of sal is sales.

Definitions

Spanish > English
sal
1. n-f. salt; table salt
2. n-f. (chemistry) salt
salir
1. v. to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out
2. v. to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places)
3. v. to go out, date (be in a relationship)
4. v. to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (gloss, e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder)
5. v. to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out
6. v. to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building)
7. v. to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work)
8. v. to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (gloss, + de)
9. v. to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (gloss, + de)
10. v. to go off (e.g. go off the grid, go off the air) (gloss, + de)
11. v. to log out, to quit, to exit (e.g. a web page or document)
12. v. to emerge, to come out
13. v. to come out (e.g., information, a movie)
14. v. to rise (the sun)
15. v. to climb out (e.g. a hole, a window, a canyon)
16. v. to escape, to break out
17. v. to run (e.g. a bus or other form of public transportation)
18. v. to come off, to go off (i.e. to project a certain quality)
Solo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch.
19. v. to appear, to look (on a painting, photo, movie, play, TV, platform, etc)
En esta foto salgo bonita, por eso es la que muestro. - In this picture I look pretty, so, this is what I show.
20. v. to result, to arise as a consequence
Luis salió herido de la pelea. - Luis became hurt from the fight.
Aposté al 10 pero salió un 5. - I bet for 10 but it resulted 5.
21. v. to turn out, to work out, to go off
Salió a su madre. - She turned out like her mother.
Todo va a salir muy bien. - Everything's going to work out just fine.
Sólo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas. - I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch.
me sale imposible (hacer algo) - it turned out impossible
22. v. to be out, to get out (e.g. of a deal, of a situation)
Mira, sé que negociamos eso, pero quiero salirme. - Look, I know that we negotiated that, but I want out.
23. v. to come off (i.e. to project a certain quality)
Ella siempre ha salido como una persona amistosa. - She has always come off as a friendly person.
Ese tipo en el parque simplemente se salió como muy raro y espeluznante. - That guy at the park just came off very strange and creepy.
24. v. to pop out (e.g. a contact lens, a cork, someone popping out of a dark space)
25. v. to get away with (+ con)
26. v. to get out, to go out (e.g. get out of control, get out of hand, go out of sync)
27. v. to go off, to turn off (go off script, on a tangent, go off the road/track/path)
28. v. to rock, rule (be fantastic)
Spanish > Spanish
sal
1. nf. Condimento compuesto principalmente por cloruro de sodio. Se usa en todo el mundo desde tiempos remotos y confiere a los alimentos un sabor característico (salado).
2. nf. Compuesto formado por cationes (iones cargados positivamente) enlazados a aniones (iones cargados negativamente), producto típico de una reacción química entre una base y un ácido.
3. nf. Gracia y desenvoltura en la forma de actuar.
4. v. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de salir
Uso: para el negativo se emplea el presente del subjuntivo: «no salgas».
con esta palabra se forma la única palabra no escribible en castellano: sal + le.
English > Spanish
salt
1. n. Sal.