la
/sal/
Translation
salt; get out (imperative of salir)
Word origin
From Latin sal ('salt'). The same root underlies salary, from salarium, the allowance once paid to Roman soldiers.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sal
- English cognates
- salt, salary, saline
Grammar
Examples
.
The doctor told him to take less salt each day.
, .
Add a bit more salt to the soup, please.
llegue .
Get out of here right now before your father arrives.
.
The sea salt hurts your eyes.
mucha .
I bought a lot of salt to make the fish in the oven.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)Spanish Imperative: Affirmative Tú Commands and the Eight Irregulars
Spanish Negative Commands: Why no hables Borrows the Subjunctive
Spanish Politeness: Softening Requests (¿Podría...?, ¿Te importaría...?, quisiera)
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
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