Salgado is a Galician and Portuguese surname.

Etymology

The surname Salgado, in Galician and Portuguese, is a nickname for a witty person, coming from salgado 'salty', figuratively 'witty', 'piquant' (from Late Latin salicatus, past participle of salicare 'to give salt to').

People with the surname include:

Politicians

Equatorial Guinea

  • Alejandro Arias Salgado, colonial governor (1877-1879)

Honduras

Brazil

Mexico

  • Alvárez Salgado Roberto, member of the LVI Legislature
  • Salgado Brito Juan, member of the LVI Legislature
  • Salgado Delgado Fernando, member of the LVI Legislature
  • Zeferino Salgado

Peru

Portugal

Spain

Sports personalities

Musicians

Other

Extended names

  • Diego Salgado Costa de Menezes (Diego Salgado da Costa Menezes), a Brazilian footballer
  • Estéfano (Fabio Alonso Salgado), a Colombian musician
  • Francisco Franco (Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade), Spanish head of state
  • Ramón Franco (Ramón Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade), a Spanish aviator and political activist
  • José Lind (José Lind Salgado), a Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Maria do Carmo Roma Machado Cardoso Salgado (born 1914), a member of the Portuguese nobility; great-grandmother of Maria Roma
  • Ruth Zavaleta (Ruth Zavaleta Salgado), a Mexican politician

Fictional people

Esperanza

See also

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