selvagem — meaning in English
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English meaning
- haggard adjective Looking tired, worn out, or unwell, often from stress, illness, or lack of sleep.
- native noun Someone who was born in a particular place.
- savage adj Extremely fierce, violent, or brutal.
- Turk noun A member of the Turkic-speaking peoples, or specifically an ethnic Turk from Anatolia.
- vicious adj Deliberately cruel, violent, or savage.
- wild adj Living or growing in a natural state, not tamed, farmed, or cultivated by people.
Senses
selvagem is used for these senses in English:
- Turk (archaic) A bloodthirsty and savage person; vandal; barbarian. [from 16th c.]
- haggard (of an animal) Wild or untamed
- native A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
- savage (historical, now, pejorative, ) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.
- vicious Savage and aggressive.
- wild Untamed; not domesticated.
- wild Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
native — full definition
- noun Someone who was born in a particular place.
- adj Belonging to a place by birth or original origin, rather than having moved there or been introduced.
- adj Present or built into something from the start, rather than added on later — often used of skills or abilities.