salt up

salar

Poner sal a la comida para darle más sabor.

En inglés sencillo: To add salt to food to improve its taste.

• Salt up the potatoes before serving.
• He salted up the stew at the table.
• I prefer to salt up my own food.

Sinónimos: salt, season with salt

Expresiones frecuentes: salt up something, salt something up

incrustarse de sal

Quedar cubierto por una capa dura de sal.

En inglés sencillo: To become covered with a hard layer of salt.

• Our boots salted up on the winter roads.
• The boat fittings had salted up after weeks at sea.
• These surfaces salt up whenever seawater dries on them.

Sinónimos: become salt-encrusted

Expresiones frecuentes: salt up quickly, salt up completely

salinizarse

Aumentar la cantidad de sal en el suelo o el agua, lo que a veces dificulta los cultivos.

En inglés sencillo: For soil or water to become saltier, sometimes making it hard to grow crops.

• The soil is salting up.
• Poor drainage caused these fields to salt up.
• As the lake shrinks, its water salts up.

Sinónimos: become saline

Expresiones frecuentes: salt up gradually, salt up badly

echar sal

Echar sal en calles o caminos antes de que nieve para reducir la formación de hielo.

En inglés sencillo: To put salt on roads or paths before snow falls, so ice is less likely to form.

• They salted up the roads overnight.
• We should salt up the path before the snow arrives.
• The council is salting up streets ahead of tonight’s freeze.

Sinónimos: salt, grit

Expresiones frecuentes: salt up roads, salt something up