salvar

=

to save

verb

salvar
transitive verb
1. to save (librar de peligro)
  • nos salvó del peligro -> he saved us from danger
2. to rescue (rescatar)
3. to overcome (superar) (dificultad); to go over o around (obstáculo)
4. to cover (recorrer)
5. (exceptuar)
  • salvando algunos detalles -> except for a few details
  • salvando las distancias -> allowing for the obvious differences
salvarse
pronomial verb
1. to escape (librarse)
  • se salvó de morir ahogado -> he escaped drowning
  • sálvese quien pueda -> every man for himself
2. (exceptuarse)
  • sus amigos son inaguantables, ella es la única que se salva -> her friends are unbearable, she's the only one who's O.K.
3. to be saved (religion)

salvar [sal-var']
article & verb transitive
1. To save (persona), to free from danger; to receive into eternal happiness.
2. To save, to help or save by an excuse or reservation.
3. To remove impediments or difficulties.
4. To mention and correct errors of the pen in a notarial instrument, at the foot thereof.
5. To pass over or near a thing.
6. To taste, to prove the food or drink of nobles.
7. To prove judicially the innocence of a person.
8. To except, to exclude (excluir).
9. To rise above (árbol, edificio).
10. (Cono Sur) To pass (exam).
verb reflexive
11. To escape from danger, to get over difficulties, to attain salvation.
  • Me salvó la vida -> he saved my life
  • El agua salvaba el peldaño más alto -> the water came up to the top-most step

Verb Conjugation for "salvar"

Infinitive
salvar
Gerund
salvando
Participle
salvo
Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo salvo salvé salvaba salvaré salve
salvas salvaste salvabas salvarás salves
Ella/Él/Usted salva salvó salvaba salvará salve
Nosotros salvamos salvamos salvábamos salvaremos salvemos
Vosotros salváis salvasteis salvabais salvaréis salvéis
Ellos/Ustedes salvan salvaron salvaban salvarán salven
Complete salvar conjugation
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