salsicha
Portuguese, noun/sawˈsi.ʃɐ/
salsicha is spelled S-A-L-S-I-C-H-A (8 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salsicha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sausage (food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alimento preparado com carne picada metida em tripas”.
What does salsicha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesausage (food)
noun
- 1
masculinebasset hound
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alimento preparado com carne picada metida em tripas
noun: 1. raça de cão de porte muito pequeno, de pernas curtas, cuja proveniência é alemã
noun: 1. cada exemplar de cão de raça homônima
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 salsicha
- salsichas plural
- salchicha alternative colloquial
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salsicha?
- Brazil /sawˈsi.ʃɐ/
- Brazil [saʊ̯ˈsi.ʃɐ]
- Portugal /salˈsi.ʃɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salsicha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salsicha in Portuguese?
salsicha appears 2.9 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).