salga
Portuguese, noun/ˈsaw.ɡɐ/
salga is spelled S-A-L-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 79,437th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “salting (act of curing food with salt, or adding salt to something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of salgar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de deitar sal ou salgar para conservar os alimentos, tempo no que se salga”.
What does salga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesalting (act of curing food with salt, or adding salt to something)
- 2
femininewitchcraft
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de deitar sal ou salgar para conservar os alimentos, tempo no que se salga 2. salmoira ou salmoura 3. produto que está conservado em sal
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 salga
- salgas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salga?
- Brazil /ˈsaw.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [ˈsaʊ̯.ɡɐ]
- Portugal /ˈsal.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salga in Portuguese?
salga appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).