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poupar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • husband noun A man who is married to someone.
  • save verb To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.

Senses

poupar is used for these senses in English:

  • husband (transitive) To conserve.
  • save (transitive, gambling, slang, archaic) To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.

husband — full definition

  1. noun A man who is married to someone.
  2. verb To manage resources carefully and economically.

save — full definition

  1. verb To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.
  2. verb To set aside money or resources for future use.
  3. verb To store a computer file or data so it isn't lost.
  4. verb In sport, to stop an opponent from scoring, especially in goalkeeping.
  5. noun An act of preventing a goal or a loss, or the stored version of something.

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