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salpreso

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See also: salpresó

Galician

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Etymology

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From Late Latin *salsparsus (salted), from Latin sal (salt) + sparsus (sprinkled).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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salpreso (feminine salpresa, masculine plural salpresos, feminine plural salpresas)

  1. slightly salted
    • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:
      para o cavalo soo en ũa casa por dous ou tres dias ou máis, e non coma nen beba. Depois dalle a comer do lardo do porco salpreso quanto del quiser, ca, por razon da fame e do lardo salgado, ligeiramente e de grado comerá
      have the horse alone in a house for two or three days or more. Then, give him salted pork lard, as much as it wants, since, because of hunger it will eat eagerly and promptly

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sal”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

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Verb

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salpreso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of salpresar