Demasiada sal.
Too much salt.
A pinch more is fine, but too much shows up in the food right away. Demasiada ends in -a because sal is feminine.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "salt" in Spanish
la sal
nounfeminineone syllableplural: las sales
"Salt" in Spanish is la sal. It ends in a consonant, yet it's feminine, so you say mucha sal and poca sal. At the table, ask for it with ¿Me pasas la sal?
Hear "sal" in a real TV scene
One short line about too much salt. The video starts and stops on that line.
Salt phrases for the kitchen and the table
Six phrases you'll meet in recipes, on menus and at dinner.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Me pasas la sal? | Can you pass me the salt? |
| sal y pimienta | salt and pepper |
| una pizca de sal | a pinch of salt |
| sin sal | unsalted, with no salt |
| la sal marina | sea salt |
| salado, salada | salty |
Tip: The salt shaker is el salero, a masculine word, even though la sal is feminine.
Grammar: la sal, mucha sal
Four rules for an everyday kitchen word.
Feminine without an -a
It's la sal, even with the -l at the end. Words that describe it go feminine too: la sal fina, demasiada sal.Count it with amounts
In cooking, salt has no plural. Use mucha sal, poca sal or un poco de sal.Hay or está
Hay tells you how much: Aquí hay mucha sal. Está tells you where: La sal está en la mesa.Asking for it
With friends: ¿Me pasas la sal? With a stranger or a waiter: ¿Me pasa la sal, por favor?Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
El desierto de sal está en el oeste.
The salt desert is in the west.
¿Me pasas la sal?
Can you pass me the salt?
Aquí hay mucha sal.
There's a lot of salt here.
Esta sal viene del océano Índico.
This salt comes from the Indian Ocean.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗el sal
✓la sal
The consonant ending fools many learners. Sal is feminine, so it takes la.
✗mucho sal
✓mucha sal
Amount words agree with sal and take the feminine -a.
✗la salsa (meaning salt)
✓la sal
Salsa is a sauce. For plain salt, stop at sal.
Real conversation: salt from Bolivia
A short dialog in your kitchen. Tap to listen.
Your neighbor Julia puts a jar of salt on your kitchen table. She brought it back from a trip.
Mira, esta sal es de Bolivia.
Look, this salt is from Bolivia.
Ah, ¿hay mucha sal allí?
Oh, is there a lot of salt there?
Sí, hay millones de toneladas.
Yes, there are millions of tons.
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How to remember it
Sal is salt without the t. Drop the last letter of the English word and you have the Spanish one.
Questions about "salt" in Spanish
How do you say salt in Spanish?
La sal. You'll hear it in phrases like mucha sal, sin sal and ¿Me pasas la sal?
Is sal masculine or feminine?
Feminine: la sal. The -l ending gives no clue, so learn the word together with la.
How do you say salt and pepper in Spanish?
Sal y pimienta. Recipes often end with sal y pimienta al gusto, salt and pepper to taste.
How do you say salty in Spanish?
Salado, or salada with a feminine noun: La sopa está salada.
