# salvar
## English
### Noun

salvar (plural salvars)
* Alternative form of shalwar

### Anagrams

* Ravals, alvars, arvals, larvas, lavras, varsal

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan salvar, from Late Latin salvāre (“save”), a verb based on Latin salvus (“safe”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [səlˈβa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [səlˈva]
* IPA: (Valencia) [salˈvaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

salvar (first-person singular present salvo, first-person singular preterite salví, past participle salvat)
* (transitive) to save, to rescue (to help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm)
    Synonym: rescatar
** 2020 January 12, “La salut, al límit [Healthcare at the limit]”, in Ara‎:És una obvietat dir que amb menys òrgans i menys trasplantaments s'hauran salvat menys vides.It's obvious to say that with fewer organs and fewer transplants, fewer lives will have been saved.
* (transitive, theology) to save (to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation)

#### Derived terms

* salvavides

#### Related terms

* salvador

### References

* “salvar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “salvar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “salvar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “salvar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /salˈbaɾ/ [s̺ɑlˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: sal‧var

### Verb

salvar (first-person singular present salvo, first-person singular preterite salvei, past participle salvado)
* to save

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “salvar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “salvar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English salvation, French sauver, Italian salvare, Spanish salvar, all ultimately from Latin salvāre, present infinitive of salvō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /salˈvar/

### Verb

salvar (present tense salvas, past tense salvis, future tense salvos, imperative salvez, conditional salvus)
* (transitive, theology or not) to save (from danger, peril, sickness), to deliver, rescue
* to salvage (goods)
* (computing) to save

#### Derived terms

* salvanta (“saving, rescuing”)
* salveso (“safety, salvation: state of being saved;”)
* salvinto, salvanto, salvonto (“saver, deliverer; (theol.) Saviour”)
* salvita (“saved, safe”)
* salvo (“saving, salvation, salvaging”)
* salvobuyo (“life-buoy”)
* salvogardar (“to safeguard”)
* salvogardilo (“(instr.) safeguard”)
* salvoletro (“safe-conduct”)

## Interlingua
### Verb

salvar
* to save, to rescue
* to save, to salvage

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | salvar | salvar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | salvante | salvate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | salva | ha salvate |
| active | past | salvava | habeva salvate |
| active | future | salvara | habera salvate |
| active | conditional | salvarea | haberea salvate |
| active | imperative | salva | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es salvate | ha essite salvate |
| passive | past | esseva salvate | habeva essite salvate |
| passive | future | essera salvate | habera essite salvate |
| passive | conditional | esserea salvate | haberea essite salvate |
| passive | imperative | sia salvate | |

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* salver

### Noun

salvar m or f
* indefinite masculine plural of salve

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan salvar, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”), from Latin salvus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Verb

salvar
* to save

#### Conjugation
## Old French
### Alternative forms

* salver
* sauver

### Etymology

From Late Latin salvāre (“to save”), from Latin salvus.

### Verb

salvar
* (9th century) Alternative form of sauver

#### Usage notes

* Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg

#### Descendants

* French: sauver

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Late Latin salvāre (“to save”), from Latin salvus.

### Verb

salvar
* to save (remove something from danger)

#### Derived terms

* salvador
* salvament

#### Descendants

* Catalan: salvar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese salvar, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”), from Proto-Indo-European *solo- (“whole”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sawˈva(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯ˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sawˈva(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯ˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /sawˈva(ɾ)/ [saʊ̯ˈva(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /sawˈva(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯ˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sawˈva(ɻ)/ [saʊ̯ˈva(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /salˈvaɾ/ [saɫˈvaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /salˈvaɾ/ [saɫˈvaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /salˈbaɾ/ [saɫˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /salˈva.ɾi/ [saɫˈva.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: sal‧var

### Verb

salvar (first-person singular present salvo, first-person singular preterite salvei, past participle salvado, short past participle salvo)
* (transitive) to save (to help someone to survive; to make sure something isn’t destroyed)
    Synonyms: ajudar, proteger, resgatar, salvaguardar, socorrer
** 2008, Priscila Ferraz, nuvem de pó, Marco Zero, →ISBN, page 58:Nem é preciso dizer que o jantar foi um verdadeiro desastre. O arroz ficou empedrado, tipo “unidos venceremos”, a carne virou uma “sola de sapato”, salvou-se mais ou menos a salada, mesmo assim porque Cláudia não quis comentar nada a respeito de uma lesma que viu na alface mal lavada.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive, computing, Brazil) to save (to write a file to disk)
    Synonym: guardar (Portugal)
** 2011 May, Rodrigo Estevam, “Análise – Samurai Warriors Chronicles”, in Nintendo Blast (Coleção Nintendo Blast; ano 2), number 20, GameBlast, E aí, vale a pena?, page 35:Apesar de as fases serem enormes e terem uma duração máxima de 60 minutos, existe o recurso de quick save. Afinal, não faria sentido e não seria nada cômodo comprar um jogo portátil que não se pode jogar a qualquer hora e em qualquer lugar, sem precisar se preocupar em achar um save point ou terminar a fase para poder salvar.Despite the levels being enormous and having a max duration of 60 minutes, the quick save option exists. After all, it would make no sense and wouldn't be any convenient buying a portable game that you can't play anytime anywhere, without worring about finding a save point or finishing the level to be able to save.
* (transitive, theology) to save (to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation)
    Synonym: redimir
* (transitive) to greet with a salvo
* (transitive, by extension) to greet
    Synonyms: cumprimentar, saudar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter. $^3$Brazilian Portuguese. $^4$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* salva-vidas
* salvamento
* salve-se quem puder

#### Related terms

* salva
* salvação
* salvado
* salvador
* salvamento
* salvo

### Further reading

* “salvar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /salˈbaɾ/ [salˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: sal‧var

### Verb

salvar (first-person singular present salvo, first-person singular preterite salvé, past participle salvado)
* to save
* to rescue
* to salvage
* (formal) to cover (a distance)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* salvabarros
* salvaguardia
* salvamanteles
* salvamento
* salvapantallas
* salvaplatos
* salvar la brecha (“to bridge the gap”)
* salvar la cara
* salvar las apariencias
* salvar los muebles
* salvavidas
* sálvese quien pueda

#### Related terms

* salva
* salvación
* salvado
* salvador
* salvamiento
* salvo

#### See also

* guardar
* rescatar

### Further reading

* “salvar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Late Latin salvāre (“to save”), from Latin salvus. Compare Italian salvare.

### Verb

salvar
* (transitive) to save

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.