Sausage in Spanish
Sausage in Spanish is salchicha (sahl-CHEE-chah). It's feminine: la salchicha, plural las salchichas.
- Spanish
- la salchicha
- Say it
- lah sahl-CHEE-chah
- Gender
- Feminine: la salchicha
- Plural
- las salchichas
- Note
- Chorizo is a spiced Spanish sausage.
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Meat and fish in Spanish
The other words in step 2 of Food and Drinks in Spanish.
- la carnemeat · lah KAR-neh
- el pollochicken · el POH-yoh
- la carne de resbeef · lah KAR-neh deh RREHS
- el cerdopork · el SEHR-doh
- el jamónham · el hah-MOHN
- el pescadofish · el pehs-KAH-doh
- los mariscosseafood · lohs mah-REES-kohs
- los camaronesshrimp · lohs kah-mah-ROH-nehs
- el atúntuna · el ah-TOON
- el huevoegg · el WEH-boh
- el tocinobacon · el toh-SEE-noh
Questions about salchicha
How do you say sausage in Spanish?
Sausage in Spanish is la salchicha. Chorizo is a spiced Spanish sausage.
How do you pronounce salchicha?
Say it sahl-CHEE-chah. The syllable in capitals is stressed: CHEE. This guide follows Latin American Spanish.
Is salchicha masculine or feminine in Spanish?
salchicha is feminine, so it takes la: la salchicha. The plural is las salchichas.
What does salchicha mean in English?
In English, la salchicha means sausage.
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Updated · Pronunciation guides use Latin American Spanish.