No. 13,750 in Spanish
salado
"Salado" means "salty" or "flavored with salt."
In a sentence
El agua del mar es muy salada.
The sea water is very salty.
In this sentence, 'salada' means 'salty,' describing the taste or quality of the sea water.
El comerciante nos cobró un precio muy salado por ese producto.
The merchant charged us a very steep price for that product.
Here, 'salado' metaphorically signifies 'expensive' or 'high,' referring to the price being steep.
Juan tiene la mala suerte de que siempre le ocurren cosas saladas.
Juan has the bad luck that salty things always happen to him.
The term 'salado' in this case colloquially refers to 'bad luck,' referring to the unfortunate incidents Juan experiences.
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