Spanish Conversation · Level 72
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Spanish word
salina
Pronunciation
IPA/saˈlina/
Meaning
- feminine nounsalt pan
Example
En la costa hay una salina donde se cosecha la sal.
On the coast there is a salt pan where salt is harvested.
More examples
¿Quieres visitar la salina mañana?
Do you want to visit the salt pan tomorrow?
Core concept
Shallow evaporation ponds built to harvest salt.
Common phrases
cerca de la salina
near the salt pan
junto a la salina
next to the salt pan
visitar la salina
visit the salt pan
Similar words
sal: Edible crystalline salt used for cooking, seasoning, and preserving.
salero: Handheld vessel kept on the table for sprinkling salt on food.
salmuera: Highly salty water solution (brine) formed by dissolved salt.
Definition in Spanish
Lugar donde se obtiene sal por evaporación del agua, especialmente en estanques poco profundos o piscinas construidas para ese fin.
Word origin
From Latin salina 'place for salt', formed from sal 'salt' plus a locative suffix to name a site where salt is produced.
Usage tips
- In Spanish salina commonly denotes human-made saltworks or evaporation ponds, so use salar or laguna salada when referring to a natural salt flat or salt lake.
Other meanings
- salt lakenoun
- salt marshnoun
Opposites
- agua dulcefresh waternoun
Related words
- salinosalineadjective