saliva
Portuguese, noun/saˈli.vɐ/
saliva is spelled S-A-L-I-V-A (6 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,248th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saliva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “saliva, spittle (liquid secreted into the mouth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of salivar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “secreção das glândulas salivares que auxilia na mastigação dos alimentos”.
What does saliva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesaliva, spittle (liquid secreted into the mouth)
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. secreção das glândulas salivares que auxilia na mastigação dos alimentos
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 saliva
- salivas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saliva?
- Brazil /saˈli.vɐ/
- Portugal /sɐˈli.vɐ/
- Portugal /sɐˈli.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saliva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saliva in Portuguese?
saliva appears 3.3 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).