salva-vidas

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See also: salvavidas

Portuguese

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salva-vidas

Etymology

From salva (“rescues”) +‎ vidas (“lives”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsaw.vɐˈvi.dɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌsaw.vɐˈvi.dɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsaw.vaˈvi.das/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsal.vɐˈvi.dɐʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsal.bɐˈbi.dɐʃ/

Hyphenation: sal‧va‧vi‧das

Adjective

salva-vidas (invariable, not comparable)

life-
Bote salva-vidas
Lifeboat

Colete salva-vidas
Lifejacket

Noun

salva-vidas m or f by sense (invariable)

lifeguard (attendant employed to save swimmers)
Synonyms: nadador-salvador, banheiro

O salva-vidas salvou um menino de se afogar.
The lifeguard saved the boy from drowning.

Noun

salva-vidas m (invariable)

Clipping of bote salva-vidas.
O Titanic tinha um número insuficiente de salva-vidas.
Titanic had an insufficient number of lifeboats.

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