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saler

to salt

verb sah-LEH Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Also means

to overcharge (informal)

Usage Note

Saler literally means adding salt to food, but in colloquial French it also means to charge an inflated price — la note était salée means 'the bill was steep.' The adjective salé ('salty') carries both senses too, as in une blague salée ('a risqué joke').

Examples

"N'oublie pas de saler l'eau des pâtes."

Natural Translation

Don't forget to salt the pasta water.

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