rescate — meaning in English

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

rescate is used for these senses in English:

• rescue An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
• salvage The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

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.

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