salvo

=

except

preposition

salvo, -a
adjective
also:
  • sano y salvo, -a -> safe and sound
preposition
1. except
  • todos, salvo, -a los enfermos -> everyone except (for) the sick
  • salvo, -a ella, nadie más conocía el camino -> apart from her, nobody else knew the way, nobody knew the way except for her
  • salvo, -a que -> unless
  • salvo, -a error u omisión -> errors and omissions excepted
masculine noun
also:
  • estar a salvo, -a -> to be safe
  • poner algo a salvo, -a -> to put something in a safe place
  • ponerse a salvo, -a -> to reach safety

salvo [sahl’-vo]
adverb
1. Saving, excepting, barring.
  • Poner algo a salvo -> to put something in a safe place
  • A salvo -> without injury or diminution
  • Dejar algo a salvo -> to make an exception of something

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