salero m
1. (objeto) salt cellar Brit, salt shaker Am
Sentido figurado:
2. (gracia) wit
(encanto) charm
- salt
- 1 [uncountable]
a natural white mineral that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it : This might need some salt and pepper.
a pinch of salt (=a very small amount)
Could you pass the salt?
- 2
the salt of the earth
someone who is ordinary but good and honest - 3
take something with a pinch/grain of salt
informalto not completely believe what someone tells you, because you know that they do not always tell the truth : Most of what he says should be taken with a pinch of salt.
- 4 [countable] technical
a type of chemical substance that is formed when an acid is combined with a base - ➔ Epsom salts, smelling salts, old salt
; ➔ rub salt into somebody's wounds
at rub1 (7); ➔ worth his/her salt
at worth1 (10)
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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