짜다
jjada · TOPIK 1
to be salty
🧂 jjada sounds like a jar of salt going cha-cha: too salty
The tense jj is a sharp, pinched sound, like the wince you make at over-salted soup. Say jja! as the reaction, then add -da, the dictionary verb ending. 짜 is the salty part; 다 just marks it as a verb.