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salir a cuenta: to pay off; to be worthwhile
salir a la luz: to come to light
salir a relucir: to appear unexpectedly or inopportunely, to come up
salir adelante: to get ahead, to come out ahead, to succeed; to pull through, to come through, to get through; to get by, to cope, to make ends meet; to move on; to move forward, to go forward, to move ahead
salir airoso: make it, come through
salir al paso: to refute, to deny; to address a concern, to mitigate, to meet a need, to counter
salir chipusteado: to flee swiftly
salir de Guatemala y meterse en Guatepeor: to go from bad to worse; to go out of the frying pan into the fire
salir de control: get out of control
salir de cuentas: to be due (of a woman, to be expected to give birth)
salir de dudas: to find out the answer
salir de la polla: translated with to feel like doing something, to do as one pleases
salir de los cojones: synonym of salir de la polla (“translated with to feel like doing something”)
salir de regla: to go overboard; to go too far
salir del armario: to come out of the closet
salir del cascarón: to hatch; come out of one's shell
salir del clóset: to come out of the closet
salir el tiro por la culata: to backfire (to fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune)
salir más caro que un hijo tonto: to cost a pretty penny; to cost an arm and a leg
salir por patas: to scram; to run off; to leg it
salir por peteneras: to come up with something odd; to say something inappropriate
salirse con la suya: to get one's way
salirse de madre: to spiral out of control
salirse del tiesto: to cross the line
salitral: salitral
salitre: saltpetre, nitre
salitrero: saltpeter
salitrería: nitrary
salitrosidad: brininess
salitroso: briny
saliva: saliva, spittle
salivación: salivation
salival: salivary
salivar: to salivate (to secrete saliva)
salivazo: spit wad
sallar: to weed out (with a hoe)
sallekhana: sallekhana
salles: second-person singular tuteo imperative of salir combined with les
salmantino: of, from or relating to the city of Salamanca or surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain
salmantino: a native of Salamanca
salmer: springer
salmista: psalmist
salmo: psalm
salmo responsorial: responsorial psalmody
salmodia: psalmody
salmodiar: to sing or chant psalms; to drone on and on
salmonela: salmonella (bacterium of the genus Salmonella); salmonella (food poisoning caused by that bacteria)
salmonella: salmonella
salmonelosis: salmonellosis
salmonera: salmon ramp; salmon-fishing net
salmonero: salmon
salmonero: salmon fisher
salmonete: mullet (fish)
salmonicultura: the rearing of salmon
salmorejo: a Cordoban soup consisting of tomato and bread
salmuera: salt water, brine
salmueroducto: a brine conveyor
salmódico: psalmodic
salmón: salmon; salmon (color)
salmón ahumado: smoked salmon