saler
French → English
(Cooking) Salt: to season food with salt during or after preparation
Il faut saler et poivrer les tomates avant de servir.
(English) You must salt and pepper the tomatoes before serving.
Elle ne salait les mets qu’après la cuisson.
(English) She only salted the dishes after cooking.
(Informal) Penalize: to impose a severe punishment or a heavy legal fine on someone
Le tribunal l’a salé pour son infraction au code de la route.
(English) The court penalized him heavily for his traffic violation.
Je l’ai salé de la belle manière pour son insolence.
(English) I punished him severely for his insolence.
(Preservation) Cure: to treat raw meat or fish with salt to preserve it for a long time
Les marins apprenaient à saler le bœuf pour les longs voyages.
(English) The sailors learned to cure beef for long voyages.
On doit saler les harengs pour les conserver tout l'hiver.
(English) One must salt herrings to keep them all winter.
Entry ID: fr:en:saler · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary