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rescatar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ransom noun Money demanded or paid to free a hostage or captured person.
  • rescue verb To save someone or something from danger, harm, or a difficult situation.
  • salvage noun The rescue of a ship, its cargo, or other property from damage or loss, or the property recovered this way.

Senses

rescatar is used for these senses in English:

  • ransom To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
  • rescue To save from any violence, danger or evil.
  • salvage (transitive, of discarded goods) To put to use.

ransom — full definition

  1. noun Money demanded or paid to free a hostage or captured person.
  2. verb To pay money to free someone held captive.

rescue — full definition

  1. verb To save someone or something from danger, harm, or a difficult situation.
  2. noun An act of saving someone or something from danger.

Related Catalan words