salmón
Spanish, noun/salˈmon/
salmón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “salmon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Salmo spp., en especial Salmo salar. Pez de la familia de los salmónidos, carnívoro y vigoroso, de cuerpo…”.
What does salmón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesalmon
- 2
masculinesalmon (color)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Salmo spp., en especial Salmo salar. Pez de la familia de los salmónidos, carnívoro y vigoroso, de cuerpo fusiforme, piel plateada moteada de negro y carne de delicado color rosado, muy apreciado en gastronomía. 2. Color de la carne del mismo, entre el rosa y el anaranjado.
adjective: 1. Coloreado con este color.
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 salmón
- salmones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salmón?
- /salˈmon/
- [salˈmõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salmón
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salmón in Spanish?
salmón appears 3.2 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).