verb

salir

leave · go out

Ir de un lugar hacia afuera o dejar un sitio para ir a otro.

Definition & meaning

Salir means to go out, leave, or come out. Its meaning depends on context:

To leave or go out: Salió de casa. — “She left the house.”
To come out or emerge: El sol sale. — “The sun rises.”
To turn out or result: La cena salió bien. — “The dinner turned out well.”
To go out socially or date: Salen juntos. — “They go out together.”
To appear or be published: Su foto salió en el periódico. — “His photo appeared in the newspaper.”

Grammar & Word origin

Salir is an irregular verb. Its first-person present form is salgo; its future and conditional stems are saldr-, as in saldré and saldría. The past participle is salido.

It comes from Latin salīre, meaning “to leap” or “to spring.”

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms

irse — “to leave”; emphasizes departure rather than emerging or going out.
marcharse — “to go away”; focuses on leaving a place.
aparecer — “to appear”; can overlap when something comes into view or appears in a publication.
resultar — “to turn out”; overlaps when describing a result.

Antonyms