saliva
Spanish, noun
saliva is spelled S-A-L-I-V-A (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saliva is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “saliva, spittle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of salivar. With an accent, salivá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of salivar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Líquido secretado por las glándulas salivales en la boca, que humedece y facilita la masticación de los…”.
What does saliva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesaliva, spittle
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of salivar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Líquido secretado por las glándulas salivales en la boca, que humedece y facilita la masticación de los alimentos. Este líquido alcalino contiene también tialina, una enzima que digiere el almidón.
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 saliva
- salivas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to saliva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saliva in Spanish?
saliva appears 3.5 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).