salvaje

Meaning

Concepts

wild

savage

untamed

fierce

ferocious

uncivilized

feral

vicious

boisterous

rampant

heathen

shy

hostile

enemy

rebel

rival

villain

warrior

tattered

barren

stubborn

jungle dweller

beast

barbarian

barbaric

uncivilised

barbarous

brutal

cruel

fell

roughshod

tigerish

ferine

furious

incivil

lout

tameless

wrathy

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
sal‧va‧je
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/salˈbaxe/
Etymology

First attested 1335; borrowed from Old Catalan and Occitan or Old Occitan salvatge, sauvatge, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest, grove”). Doublet of selvático.

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