salama
Portuguese, interjection/saˈlɐ̃.mɐ/
salama is spelled S-A-L-A-M-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salama is a Portuguese interjection meaning “salaam (a Muslim greeting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does salama mean in English?
interjection
- 1
salaam (a Muslim greeting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. salamaleque
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 salama
- salamo alternative
- salema alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salama?
- Brazil /saˈlɐ̃.mɐ/
- Portugal /sɐˈlɐ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salama
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salama in Portuguese?
salama appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).