salpico
Portuguese, noun/sawˈpi.ku/
salpico is spelled S-A-L-P-I-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salpico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stain of mud or any other liquid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of salpicar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de salpicar; salpicamento”.
What does salpico mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestain of mud or any other liquid
- 2
masculinesalt stone used to salt meat and/or other food
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of salpicar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de salpicar; salpicamento 2. jogar sal ou qualquer outro tempero em forma de pequenas partículas 3. pequenas gotas; gotículas
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 salpico
- salpicos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salpico?
- Brazil /sawˈpi.ku/
- Brazil [saʊ̯ˈpi.ku]
- Portugal /salˈpi.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is salpico in Portuguese?
salpico appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).