- salero
- m.1 saltcellar(container).2 salt shaker, saltshaker, salt pot, salt-cellar.3 wit, charm, grace.* * *salero► nombre masculino1 (recipiente) saltcellar, US salt shaker2 (lugar) salt warehouse3 figurado (gracia) charm, wit■ tiene mucho salero she's very witty* * *SM1) [de mesa] salt cellar, salt shaker (EEUU)2) (=almacén) salt store3) [de persona] (=ingenio) wit; (=encanto) charm; (=atractivo) sex appeal, allure4) (Agr) salt lick* * *masculino1) (recipiente) salt shaker (AmE), saltcellar (BrE)2) (fam) (gracia)
tiene mucho salero contando chistes — he's so funny when he starts telling jokes
qué salero tienes bailando! — you're a really stylish dancer! (colloq)
3) (Méx) (persona)yo estoy de salero en (medio de) su discusión — they're arguing and I'm stuck in the middle
* * *= salt shaker, saltcellar [salt cellar], panache.Ex. The appearance of a cafeteria worker to re-fill the salt and pepper shakers tilted her out of her fantasy.Ex. The author analyses three pieces found in the Museum of the Hermitage at Saint Petersburg: 2 cups, a hexagonal saltcellar and a trihedral saltcellar.Ex. It is a richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated study by a historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache.* * *masculino1) (recipiente) salt shaker (AmE), saltcellar (BrE)2) (fam) (gracia)tiene mucho salero contando chistes — he's so funny when he starts telling jokes
qué salero tienes bailando! — you're a really stylish dancer! (colloq)
3) (Méx) (persona)yo estoy de salero en (medio de) su discusión — they're arguing and I'm stuck in the middle
* * *= salt shaker, saltcellar [salt cellar], panache.Ex: The appearance of a cafeteria worker to re-fill the salt and pepper shakers tilted her out of her fantasy.
Ex: The author analyses three pieces found in the Museum of the Hermitage at Saint Petersburg: 2 cups, a hexagonal saltcellar and a trihedral saltcellar.Ex: It is a richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated study by a historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache.* * *saleromasculineA (recipiente) salt shaker (AmE), saltcellar (BrE)B (fam)(gracia): tiene mucho salero contando chistes he's so funny when he starts telling jokes¡qué salero tienes bailando! you're a really stylish dancer! (colloq)C (Méx) (persona) pig in the middleyo estoy de salero en (medio de) su discusión they're arguing and I'm (the) pig in the middle* * *
salero sustantivo masculino
1 (recipiente) salt shaker (AmE), saltcellar (BrE)
2 (fam) (gracia):◊ tener salero (contando chistes) to be funny;
(bailando) to be stylish
salero sustantivo masculino
1 (para poner la sal) saltcellar, US salt shaker
2 fam (desenfado, gracejo) wittiness, sparkle: esa niña tiene mucho salero cuando baila, this girl dazzles when she dances
'salero' also found in these entries:
English:
saltcellar
- salt
- shaker
* * *salero nm1. [recipiente] salt cellar, US salt shaker2. Fam [gracia] wit;[garbo] verve;con Juan nos reímos siempre, tiene mucho salero Juan always makes us laugh, he's very witty;baila con mucho salero she dances with great verve;cuenta chistes con salero she's really good at telling jokes* * *salerom1 recipiente salt cellar2 figwit* * *salero nm1) : saltshaker2) : wit, charm* * *salero n salt cellar
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.