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salubre

Portuguese, adjective/saˈlu.bɾi/

salubre is spelled S-A-L-U-B-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salubre is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “healthy, healthful, salubrious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “saudável, higiênico, benéfico”.

What does salubre mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinehealthy, healthful, salubrious

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. saudável, higiênico, benéfico

noun: 1. aparelho de cardagem, nas fábricas de fiação, em que o algodão se converte em mecha

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 salubre

  • salubres plural
  • mais salubre comparative
  • o mais salubre superlative
  • salubérrimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce salubre?

  • Brazil /saˈlu.bɾi/
  • Portugal /sɐˈlu.bɾɨ/
  • Portugal [sɐˈlu.βɾɨ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to salubre

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is salubre in Portuguese?

salubre appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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