sal
Spanish, noun/ˈsal/
sal is spelled S-A-L (3 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,297th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sal is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “salt; table salt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular imperative of salir. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condimento compuesto principalmente por cloruro de sodio. Se usa en todo el mundo desde tiempos remotos y…”.
What does sal mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesalt; table salt
- 2
femininesalt
- 3
Mexicocolloquialfemininebad luck, misfortune
verb
- 1
second-person singular imperative of salir
Salte de aquí!
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. 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. 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. Gracia y desenvoltura en la forma de actuar. 4. Mala suerte.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sal
- sales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sal?
- /ˈsal/
- [ˈsal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sal in Spanish?
sal appears 37 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).