selvagem

Meaning

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) sylvan (of the woods)
2. (feminine, masculine) wild (not domesticated or tamed)
3. (derogatory, feminine, masculine) savage; uncivilised
4. (feminine, masculine) brutal, vicious, merciless

Noun

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) sylvan (one who resides in the woods)
2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) an impolite person
3. (by-personal-gender, derogatory, feminine, masculine) savage (uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian)

Concepts

savage

wild

barbarian

barbaric

ferocious

barbarious

haggard

native

rampant

brute

Turk

uncivilised

uncivilized

uncultured

untamed

barbarous

barbary

Wild

feral

Opposite of

amansado, domado, domesticado, doméstico, manso, civilizado

Synonyms

bravio

bárbaro

silvestre

gentio

indígena

nativo

bárbaros

Translations

salvaje

sauvage

salvatge

selvaggio

wild

άγριος

wild

ferus

barbarus

barbare

selvatico

crudele

crudelis

immanis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sewˈva.ʒẽj̃/

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan: salvatge

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese salvage, salvaje, from Old Occitan salvatge, salvatxe, sauvatge (cf. Catalan salvatge), from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus (“of the woods”), from silva (“woods; forest”).