salaz

See also: Salaz

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin salāx.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈla(j)s/ [saˈla(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈla(j)s/ [saˈla(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saˈla(j)ʃ/ [saˈla(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈlaʃ/

Adjective

salaz m or f (plural salazes)

1. salacious, lascivious

Related terms

• salacidade

 

Further reading

• “salaz”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin salācem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /saˈlaθ/ [saˈlaθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saˈlas/ [saˈlas]
• Rhymes: -aθ
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: sa‧laz

Adjective

salaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural salaces)

1. salacious

Related terms

• salacidad

 

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “saltar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 142

Further reading

• “salaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28