Salt in spanish
pronunciation: sɑl part of speech: noun
salt1 = sal.
Example: Some subjects have both common and technical names, e.g. salt or sodium chloride.more:
» add + salt to injury = echar sal en la herida, hurgar en la herida, complicar las cosas, empeorar las cosas.
Example: Retailers are just adding salt to injury by rack up the price even more.» add + salt to the wound = echar sal en la herida, hurgar en la herida, complicar las cosas, empeorar las cosas.
Example: To add salt to the wound, weaknesses and vulnerabilities in computers have grown over 4 times in the past two years.» a pinch of salt = una pizca de sal.
Example: Beat the eggs together with a heaped spoonful of flour and a pinch of salt and black pepper.» bath salts = sales de baño.
Example: Various items that may be stored or kept in the containers include, but are not limited to, creams, balms, waxes, gels, candles, and bath salts.» coarse salt = sal gruesa, sal gorda.
Example: Season with coarse salt and freshly ground pepper.» cooking salt = sal gruesa, sal gorda.
Example: Beautiful and unique, this box keeps a half-pound of cooking salt within close reach on your countertop.» earn + Posesivo + salt = ganarse el pan, ganarse el pan de cada día, ganarse las lentejas, ganarse las habichuelas, ganarse el puchero, ganarse los garbanzos.
Example: She was never an idle person and always said she had to 'earn her salt' each day.» garlic salt = sal de ajo.
Example: Garlic salt is a flavored salt used as food seasoning made of a mixture of garlic powder and table salt with an anti-caking agent.» grain of salt = grano de sal.
Example: Putting all this together, we come out at a figure of two to three grains of salt in each teardrop.» kitchen salt = sal gruesa, sal gorda.
Example: Adult intake of kitchen salt is on average 9 g per day, which translates to approximately 4 g of sodium.» prove + Posesivo + salt = demostrar de lo que Uno es capaz, demostrar lo que Uno vale.
Example: Bob has proven his salt over the years by achieving year-over-year performance records in every endeavor he has touched.» rock salt = sal de roca, sal gema, sal gruesa.
Example: They use gritters to sprinkle rock salt on roads and snowploughs to ensure motorists are able to drive safely in poor conditions.» rub + salt in the wound = echar sal en la herida, hurgar en la herida, complicar las cosas, empeorar las cosas.
Example: He even rubbed salt in the wound when he indicated that Obama could turn on that 'Negro dialect' whenever it suited his demagogic purposes.» salt-brine = salmuera.
Example: The still use the old-fashioned way of making dill pickles by fermenting cucumbers in salt-brine.» saltcellar [salt cellar] = salero.
Example: The author analyses three pieces found in the Museum of the Hermitage at Saint Petersburg: 2 cups, a hexagonal saltcellar and a trihedral saltcellar.» salt flats = salinas.
Example: The purposes of this study is interpret the origin of salt flats and saline wetlands using modern scientific data and historical accounts.» salt lick = salegar. [Terreno saturado de sales minerales frecuentado por los animales]
Example: Since the spring water was saline, it is unlikely that the site was used as a source of drinking water for the animals, but it may have served as a salt lick site.» salt marsh [saltmarsh] = saladar, marisma.
Example: The reasons for these differences and the problems of survival of anthills on a salt marsh are discussed.» salt marshland = marisma.
Example: The technology of dyking and draining salt marshlands was widespread in coastal Europe, and was introduced along the eastern North American seaboard wherever needed.» salt of the earth = sal de la tierra, honesto, justo.
Example: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.» saltpetre [saltpeter, - USA] = salitre.
Example: Saltpeter is potassium nitrate, which was indeed used for curing meat.» salt shaker = salero.
Example: The appearance of a cafeteria worker to re-fill the salt and pepper shakers tilted her out of her fantasy.» saltwater [salt water] = agua salada, agua salobre.
Example: Rubbing food with salt or soaking it in saltwater, an early form of curing food, also helped preserve it.» saltworks = minas de sal, salinas.
Example: The new naval museum includes historical information on the saltworks at Cervia and its development as a port city.» sea salt = sal marina.
Example: Nutritionally speaking, sea salt is no different than table salt.» table salt = sal de mesa, sal fina.
Example: Nutritionally speaking, sea salt is no different than table salt.» take + Nombre + with a pinch of salt = no creerse Algo al pie de la letra, no creerse Algo del todo.
Example: It is suggested that the 47% figure be taken with a large pinch of salt.» to add salt to injury = para echar sal en la herida, para empeorar las cosas, por si fuera poco, para colmo, para colmo de males.
Example: To add salt to injury there is a pregnancy as a result of this abominable act.» to rub salt in the wound = para echar sal en la herida, para empeorar las cosas, por si fuera poco, para colmo, para colmo de males.
Example: And then, to rub salt in the wound, Adobe had the nerves to sent me an automated email announcing that the issue was fixed.» with a grain of salt = con cautela, con pinzas.
Example: Futuristic food for thought needs to be absorbed with a grain of salt: the real force that shapes the future is effective leadership.» worth + Posesivo + salt = digno de su nombre, digno de respeto, que se precie (como tal), de verdad.
Example: Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.salt2 = salar, poner sal, echar sal, añadir sal.
Example: My aubergines are softer and richer in flavour and you'd have to be a pretty poor cook not to realise you need to rinse them after salting.more:
» salt + the road = echar salitre en la carretera. [Generalmente en el invierno para evitar/disolver el hielo que se forma en las carreteras]
Example: They don't salt the roads in winter there so the salt doesn't run off and contaminate the drinking water.