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Salao

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What does Salao mean?

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Salao

Used for someone who is so cursed that they cannot catch a single break, yet they are a magnet for every possible misfortune. (In the Caribbean, being salted is a metaphor for having bad luck).

A guy who wanted to marry a total babe his whole life and a week after he finally does, he gets fired, doesn't have a cent to his name, and to top it all off he finds his wife banging his Compadre (a close friend or child's godfather).

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República Dominicanaby EPS81

Salao

Someone who is jinxed or having a run of bad luck (derived from the word for salted, based on the superstition that salt causes misfortune).

My son, you are just straight up salao. Let me know when you are no longer so salao.

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

Salao

1. Something that is extremely over-salted. 2. A person who is chronically unlucky and acts as a jinx, passing their bad luck onto others (the term is a regional pronunciation of salado, or salted).

1. Food you cannot eat because it is way too salao. 2. A person who is very salao, cannot catch a break, and passes that bad luck to everyone else.

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República Dominicanaby Wjose

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