rescatar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ransom noun Money demanded or paid to free a hostage or captured person.
- redeem verb To exchange a voucher, points, or a bond for cash or its stated value.
- 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.
- save verb To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.
Senses
rescatar is used for these senses in English:
- bail out (transitive, idiomatic) To rescue, especially financially.
- ransom To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
- redeem (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
- redeem (transitive) To save, rescue.
- rescue To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- rescue To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- salvage (transitive, of discarded goods) To put to use.
ransom — full definition
- noun Money demanded or paid to free a hostage or captured person.
- verb To pay money to free someone held captive.
redeem — full definition
- verb To exchange a voucher, points, or a bond for cash or its stated value.
- verb To make up for a fault or bad situation, or to restore someone's good reputation.
- verb In religious use, to save someone from sin or wrongdoing.