salvar

Portuguese

/saɫ.ˈvaɾ/, /saw.ˈva(ʁ)/, /saw.ˈva(ɹ)/, /saw.ˈva(ɻ)/

verb
Definitions
  • to save to help someone to survive, to make sure something isn’t destroyed
  • (computing) to save to write a file to disk
  • (theology) to save to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation
  • to greet with a salvo
  • (by extension) to greet

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese salvar inherited from Latin salvāre (save), salvus (safe, well, whole, unharmed, saved, alive, sound) derived from Proto-Indo-European *solo- (whole).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*solo-

Gloss

whole

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Property

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