salgar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a Vulgar Latin *salicāre, from Latin sāl (“salt”); cf. saliō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salˈɣaɾ/

Verb

salgar (first-person singular present salgo, first-person singular preterite salguei, past participle salgado)

1. (transitive) to preserve in salt

   Para a súa preservación, o porco é salgado nunha salgadeira. ― For preserving it, pork is salted inside a special trough.

   • 1291, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 79:

     La quartillos de salgada et xx quartillos de fresca [...] et disso que da fresca marmara iiii quartillos ao salgar

     50 quarters of salted [fish] and 20 quarters of fresh [fish] [...] and he said that the fresh one diminished 4 quarter after salting

2. (transitive) to add salt

   Synonym: salpresar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “salgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “salg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “salgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “salgar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “salgar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “salgar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a Vulgar Latin *salicāre, from Latin sāl (“salt”); cf. saliō.

Pronunciation

Verb

salgar (first-person singular present salgo, first-person singular preterite salguei, past participle salgado)

1. (transitive) to salt (to add salt to)

References

• “salgar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913