salvar

salvar (plural salvars)

1. Alternative form of shalwar

• Ravals, alvars, arvals, larvas, lavras, varsal

From Old Catalan salvar, from Late Latin salvāre (“save”), a verb based on Latin salvus (“safe”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /səlˈva/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /səlˈba/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /salˈvaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

salvar (first-person singular present salvo, past participle salvat)

1. (transitive) to save, to rescue (to help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm)

   Synonym: rescatar

   • 2020 January 12, “La salut, al límit [Healthcare at the limit]”, in Ara‎:

     És una obvietat dir que amb menys òrgans i menys trasplantaments s'hauran salvat menys vides.

     It's obvious to say that with fewer organs and fewer transplants, fewer lives will have been saved.

2. (transitive, theology) to save (to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation)

• salvavides

• salvador

• “salvar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “salvar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “salvar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “salvar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from English salvation, French sauver, Italian salvare, Spanish salvar, all ultimately from Latin salvāre, present infinitive of salvō.

• IPA^(key): /salˈvar/

salvar (present tense salvas, past tense salvis, future tense salvos, imperative salvez, conditional salvus)

1. (transitive, theology or not) to save (from danger, peril, sickness), to deliver, rescue
2. to salvage (goods)
3. (computing) to save

• salver

salvar m or f

1. indefinite masculine plural of salve

From Old Occitan salvar, from Late Latin salvāre, present active infinitive of salvō (“I save”), from Latin salvus.

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salvar

1. to save

• salver
• sauver

From Late Latin salvāre, present active infinitive of salvō (“I save”), from Latin salvus.

salvar

1. (9th century) Alternative form of sauver

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg

• French: sauver

From Late Latin salvāre, present active infinitive of salvō (“I save”), from Latin salvus.

salvar

1. to save (remove something from danger)

• Catalan: salvar

From Old Portuguese salvar, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”), from Proto-Indo-European *solo- (“whole”).

• Hyphenation: sal‧var

salvar (first-person singular present salvo, first-person singular preterite salvei, past participle salvado, short past participle salvo)

1. to save (to help someone to survive; to make sure something isn’t destroyed)

   Synonyms: ajudar, proteger, resgatar, salvaguardar, socorrer

2. (computing, Brazil) to save (to write a file to disk)

   Synonym: guardar (Portugal)

3. (theology) to save (to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation)

   Synonym: redimir

4. to greet with a salvo
5. (by extension) to greet

   Synonyms: cumprimentar, saudar

For quotations using this term, see Citations:salvar.

From Old Spanish salvar, from Late Latin salvāre, present active infinitive of salvō (“to save”), from Latin salvus.

• Compare French sauver, Italian salvare

• IPA^(key): /salˈbaɾ/ [salˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sal‧var

salvar (first-person singular present salvo, first-person singular preterite salvé, past participle salvado)

1. to save
2. to rescue
3. to salvage
4. (formal) to cover (a distance)

• guardar
• rescatar

• “salvar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Late Latin salvāre, present active infinitive of salvō (“I save”), from Latin salvus. Compare Italian salvare.

salvar

1. (transitive) to save

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.