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salud

interjectionBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “salud” mean in English?

  1. cheers / bless you

Example sentences

  • ¡Salud!

    Cheers! / Bless you!

  • Cuida tu salud.

    Take care of your health.

  • —Achís. —¡Salud!

    —Achoo. —Bless you!

How to use it

Salud means 'health' AND is the toast (cheers!) AND the response to a sneeze ('bless you'). Feminine: la salud.

Common mistake

Salud has THREE common uses: health (the noun), toast ('cheers!'), and sneeze response ('bless you'). Same word, different contexts.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 30.