salga

Estonian

Noun

salga

1. genitive singular of salk

Galician

Verb

salga

1. inflection of salgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sál.ɡáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sál.ɡáː]

Noun

salgā f (possessed form salgar̃)

1. pit latrine

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -alɡa
• Hyphenation: sàl‧ga

Verb

salga

1. inflection of salire:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• salgene

Noun

salga n

1. definite plural of salg

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.ɡɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.ɡɐ/ [ˈsaʊ̯.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.ɡa/ [ˈsaʊ̯.ɡa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.ɡɐ/ [ˈsaɫ.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -awɡɐ, (Portugal) -alɡɐ
• Hyphenation: sal‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from salgar.

Noun

salga f (plural salgas)

1. salting (act of curing food with salt, or adding salt to something)

   Synonyms: salgação, salgamento, salgadura

2. witchcraft

Related terms

• sal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

salga

1. inflection of salgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “salga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “salga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalɡa/ [ˈsal.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -alɡa
• Syllabification: sal‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from salgar (“to salt (animals, food, etc.)”).

Noun

salga f (plural salgas)

1. (historical) a kind of levy on salt in the Kingdom of Aragon

Etymology 2

Verb

salga

1. inflection of salir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “salga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025