sal
Portuguese, noun/ˈsaw/
sal is spelled S-A-L (3 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,133rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “salt (sodium chloride, a substance used as a condiment and preservative)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “condimento composto principalmente por cloreto de sódio (NaCl)”.
What does sal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesalt (sodium chloride, a substance used as a condiment and preservative)
- 2
masculinesalt (any compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base)
- 3
masculinebath salt (any of several inorganic salts sometimes added to bath water)
- 4
masculinewit; the quality of being engaging
noun
- 1
masculineraresal (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. condimento composto principalmente por cloreto de sódio (NaCl) 2. composto iônico, resultante de uma reação química entre um ácido e uma base 3. nome de várias preparações farmacêuticas que podem ser sais puros, misturas de sais ou de sais com outras substâncias 4. graça, finura de espírito
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sal
- sais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sal?
- Brazil /ˈsaw/
- Brazil [ˈsaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈsal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
sal appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).