salt (EN)
nomino, sifa, kitenzi

nomino “salt”

sg. salt, pl. salts or uncountable
  1. chumvi
    She sprinkled salt on her fries to make them taste better.
  2. chumvi (bidhaa ya kemikali)
    Table salt is a common example of a salt formed when hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium hydroxide.
  3. (katika kriptografia) data ya ziada inayoongezwa kwenye ujumbe kabla ya kusimbwa ili kufanya iwe vigumu zaidi kuifafanua
    Before storing passwords, the system adds a unique salt to each one to enhance security.
  4. slang ya mtandao kwa kuonyesha kuchanganyikiwa, hasira, au mjadala mkali
    The comment section was full of salt after the game update nerfed everyone's favorite character.
  5. (kinaya) haja ya kuangalia kitu kwa shaka na akili ya kawaida
    When reading online reviews, it's wise to take them with a pinch of salt.

sifa “salt”

salt, non-gradable
  1. (ya maji) yenye chumvi, ina chumvi
    The fish in the lake couldn't survive because it had turned into salt water.
  2. (ya chakula) kilichohifadhiwa kwa kutumia chumvi
    The fisherman prepared salt fish to last through the winter.
  3. (ya ardhi, mashamba n.k.) iliyofunikwa na maji ya bahari
    The salt fields near the coast are often covered with seawater during high tide.

kitenzi “salt”

salt; he salts; past salted, part. salted; ger. salting
  1. kunyunyiza chumvi
    She carefully salted the popcorn before serving it.
  2. kutumia chumvi kuhifadhi chakula kisiharibike
    They salted the meat to keep it from spoiling.
  3. kuongeza kitu kwa kiasi kidogo kidogo ndani ya kitu kingine
    She salted her speech with humorous anecdotes to keep the audience engaged.
  4. kuweka data za ziada kwenye ujumbe kabla ya kuusimba ili kufanya ugumu wa kuusoma kuwa mkubwa zaidi
    Before storing the passwords, the system salts them to enhance security against hackers.