salvar

Sentences
Meaning

  1. to save
  2. to rescue
  3. to salvage
  4. (formal) to cover (a distance)

Frequency

A2
Hyphenated as
sal‧var
Pronounced as (IPA)
/salˈbaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish salvar, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”), from Latin salvus. Compare French sauver, Italian salvare.

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