Today's WOTD is: "salud" = health
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In
Spanish, “salud”
is a feminine noun of Latin origin, which means health.
Some
commonly used expression with the word “salud”are:
- ¡A mi salud! (to my health!- a toast);
- ¡A nuestra salud! (to our health!- a toast);
- ¡A vuestra salud! (to your- plural health!- a toast- familiar);
- ¡A su salud! (to your health!- a toast- formal);
- ¡A su salud! (to his/ her/ their health!- a toast);
- ¡A tu salud! (to your health!- a toast- familiar);
- Año de nuestra salud (the year of our Lord/ AD);
- Área de salud (the healthcare field);
- Asegurar la salud de las personas (to take care of people's health);
- Beber a la salud de alguien (to drink to the health/ to toast the health of someone);
- Cuartel de la salud (a place free from hazards or danger/ a safe haven);
- Curarse en salud (to take all precautions at the slightest threat);
- Estar bien de salud (to be in good health);
- Estar delicado de salud (to be in poor health);
- Estar mal de salud (to be ill of health);
- Gastar salud (to be physically fit/ healthy);
- Gozar de buena salud (to enjoy good health);
- Mejorar la salud (to make health improvements);
- Preservar la salud (to stay healthy);
- Salud laboral (occupational health);
- Salud mental (mental health);
- Salud pública (public health);
- Seguro de salud (health insurance);
- Tener una salud de hierro (to have a strong constitution/ to be as fit as a fiddle);
Some
examples of the use of the word "salud"
are:
- Todo esto ocurrió en el año de salud de 1531 (all this happened in the year of our Lord of 1531);
- Se trata de una empresa importante en el área salud (it is an important business in the field of health care);
- Asegurar la salud de las personas es competencia de las autoridades (taking care of people's health is the authorities' responsibility);
- ¡Bebamos a nuestra salud! (let's drink to our health!)
- Esto es mi cuartel de salud (this is my safe haven);
- Para evitar perder datos, me curo en salud y hago dos copias de cada archivo (to avoid loosing data, I take precautions by making two copies of each file);
- ¿Cómo estáis de salud? (how is your health?);
- Estamos bien de salud (we are in good health);
- Estoy delicado de salud (I am in poor health);
- Estoy mal de salud (I am in ill health);
- Pedro gasta buena salud, ¿verdad? (Pedro is fit and healthy, isn't he?);
- Gozáis de buena salud, ¿verdad? (you- plural are fit and healthy, aren't you?);
- Seguimos intentando mejorar la salud (we keep trying to improve our health);
- Seguimos intentando preservar la salud (we keep trying to stay healthy);
- La salud laboral es muy importante (occupational health is very important);
- La salud mental es muy importante (mental health is very important);
- La salud pública es muy importante (public health is very important);
- Los seguros de salud ofrecen ventajas fiscales, ¿verdad? (health insurance policies offer tax incentives, don't they?);
- Antonio tiene una salud de hierro (Antonio has strong constitution/ is as fit as a fiddle);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "salud"
in
the YouTube clip: A tu salud - Mix - MSF Pastillas contra el dolor ajeno
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “salud”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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