salpicar
Portuguese, verb/saw.piˈka(ʁ)/
salpicar is spelled S-A-L-P-I-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salpicar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to salt (add salt to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “manchar”.
What does salpicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to salt (add salt to)
- 2
to sprinkle (cover with small particles)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. manchar 2. borrifar 3. aspergir de 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 salpicar
- salpico first-person present singular
- salpiquei first-person preterite singular
- salpicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- salpicares infinitive second-person singular
- salpicarmos first-person infinitive plural
- salpicardes infinitive plural second-person
- salpicarem infinitive plural third-person
- salpicando gerund
- salpicados masculine participle past
- salpicada feminine participle past
- salpicadas feminine participle past
- salpicas indicative present second-person
- salpica indicative present singular
- salpicamos first-person indicative plural
- salpicais indicative plural present
- salpicam indicative plural present
- salpicava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salpicar?
- Brazil /saw.piˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [saʊ̯.piˈka(h)]
- Portugal /saɫ.pi.ˈkaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salpicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salpicar in Portuguese?
salpicar 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).