salir
Spanish, verb/saˈliɾ/
salir is a Spanish verb meaning “to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ir afuera”.
What does salir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out
¿Salimos a correr?
- 2
to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places)
- 3
to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder)
- 4
to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out
Sal de mi apartamento ahora mismo.
- 5
to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building)
- 6
to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work)
- 7
to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (+ de)
- 8
to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (+ de)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ir afuera. 2. Partir de un lugar a otro. 3. Desembarazarse o librarse de algún lugar estrecho, peligroso o molesto. 4. Librarse, desembarazarse de algo que ocupa o molesta.
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 salir
- salgo first-person present singular
- salí first-person preterite singular
- salido participle past
- saliendo gerund
- salida feminine participle past
- salidos masculine participle past
- salidas feminine participle past
- sales indicative informal present
- salís indicative informal present
- sale indicative present singular
- salimos first-person indicative plural
- salen indicative plural present
- salía first-person imperfect indicative
- salías imperfect indicative second-person
- salíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- salíais imperfect indicative plural
- salían imperfect indicative plural
- saliste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salir?
- /saˈliɾ/
- [saˈliɾ]
- Spain [saˈliɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salir in Spanish?
salir appears 229 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).