salvaje

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Spanish

Etymology

First attested 1335;[1] 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /salˈbaxe/
  • Rhymes: -axe
  • Syllabification: sal‧va‧je

Adjective

salvaje m or f (masculine and feminine plural salvajes)

  1. (especially of animals) wild, savage (untamed, not domesticated)
    Synonym: (especially of plants) silvestre
    Antonym: doméstico
    Sólo hay una cosa que puede calmar la bestia salvaje.
    There is only one thing that can soothe the savage beast.
  2. savage, feral, uncivilized (said of a person)

Noun

salvaje m or f by sense (plural salvajes)

  1. savage

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: salvage
  • → Tagalog: salbahe

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “salvaje”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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