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How do you say "salty" in Spanish?
salado
In Spanish, "salty" is salado.
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Pronunciation
Pronounce 'salado' with clean, flat vowels, stress naturally falls on the second-to-last syllable, and don't forget to pronounce every letter clearly rather than swallowing syllables the way English speakers often do.
Grammar notes
salado is a adjective used the same way as its English equivalent.
Example sentence
La sopa estaba un poco demasiado salada.
The soup was a little too salty.
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How to remember salado
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Related words
- soup la sopa
- stew el guiso
- salad la ensalada
- pasta la pasta
- noodle el fideo
- dumpling la empanadilla
- sausage la salchicha
- bacon el bacon
- ham el jamón
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Questions about salado
How do you pronounce salado?
Pronounce 'salado' with clean, flat vowels, stress naturally falls on the second-to-last syllable, and don't forget to pronounce every letter clearly rather than swallowing syllables the way English speakers often do.
Is salado formal or casual?
salado is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech.
How is salado used in Spanish?
salado is used the same way as the equivalent English adjective. For example: La sopa estaba un poco demasiado salada. (The soup was a little too salty.).
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"Salty" in other languages
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