salvar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant 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.
- spare adjective Extra; kept in reserve in case it is needed.
Senses
salvar is used for these senses in English:
- escape (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
- salvage (transitive, of discarded goods) To put to use.
- save (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- save (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- spare (transitive) To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
escape — full definition
- verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
- verb To avoid something unpleasant, such as punishment or notice.
- noun The act of getting free from a dangerous, confining, or unwanted situation.
salvage — full definition
- noun The rescue of a ship, its cargo, or other property from damage or loss, or the property recovered this way.
- verb To rescue something from damage, loss, or failure, or to make use of what can still be saved.