saludo
Spanish, noun
saludo is spelled S-A-L-U-D-O (6 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,774th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saludo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “greeting, greetings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of saludar. With an accent, saludó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of saludar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de saludar”.
What does saludo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegreeting, greetings
- 2
masculinesalutation
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of saludar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of saludar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de saludar 2. Fórmula social de comienzo de una conversación. 3. Salva
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 saludo
- saludos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to saludo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saludo in Spanish?
saludo appears 30 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).