Masculine
salvaje
Meaning
Concepts
jungle dweller
Opposite of
doméstico
Synonyms
mal vestido
no domesticado
sin domesticar
cimarron
contrario adversario
no civilizado
del monte
hombre de la selva
hombre del monte
insocial
no domado
solitario hombre
Translations
selvaggio
wild
sauvage
salvatge
selvagem
άγριος
wild
ferus
sauvatgeFrequency
Hyphenated as
sal‧va‧je
Pronounced as (IPA)
/salˈbaxe/
Etymology
In summary
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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