How to Say "Salt Mine" in Spanish

mina de sal

/mina de sal/from spelling rules

The English phrase "salt mine" is translated into Spanish as mina de sal.

Meaning: mine (noun)

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of mina (mine), de (of) and sal (salt).

To express the plural "salt mines", change the noun to the plural form minas de sal, while the word sal remains singular.

/mina de sal/

The slang term mina for 'woman' likely evolved from the Italian word femmina or the Galician word meniña.
In Spanish, sal is a feminine noun, even though its close relatives in French, Italian and Portuguese are masculine.

Visité una antigua mina de sal en España.
I visited an ancient salt mine in Spain.
La explotación salinera en Perú es una importante fuente de empleo.
Salt mining in Peru is an important source of employment.
La mina de sal es muy profunda.
The salt mine is very deep.
Visitaremos una mina de sal hoy.
We will visit a salt mine today.
Trabajan en la mina de sal.
They work in the salt mine.

Mateo and Elena are discussing a sightseeing trip.

Mateo

¿Quieres ir a la mina de sal?
Do you want to go to the salt mine?
Elena

Sí, me encantaría conocer esa mina de sal.
Yes, I would love to see that salt mine.
Mateo

Es un lugar increíble para caminar.
It is an incredible place to walk.
Elena

Vamos entonces.
Let's go then.

Sources

IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, mina, sal, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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