salvaje
savage
salvaje(
adjectivesahl
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bah
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heh
)1. (undomesticated)
a. wild
Lo mejor de trabajar en una reserva es estar en contacto con animales salvajes.The best thing about working on a reserve is being in contact with wild animals.
b. untamed
Los vaqueros añoraban las tierras salvajes del pasado.The cowboys longed for the untamed lands of the past.
c. feral
Unos cazadores encontraron a un niño salvaje en el bosque.Some hunters found a feral child in the forest.
2. (old-fashioned) (primitive)
a. savage
Según el explorador, había muchas tribus salvajes en el país hace diez años.According to the explorer, there were many savage tribes in the country ten years ago.
3. (cruel)
a. savage
Unos excursionistas fueron testigos de un ataque salvaje por un oso grizzly.Some hikers witnessed a savage attack by a grizzly bear.
b. brutal
La paliza fue tan salvaje que el hombre estuvo varios días en coma en el hospital.The beating was so brutal that the man was in a coma for several days in the hospital.
4. (not authorized)
masculine or feminine nouna. unofficial
La huelga salvaje de los estudiantes indignados acabó con varias detenciones.The unofficial strike by angry students ended with several arrests.
b. wildcat
Los trabajadores de la fábrica convocaron una huelga salvaje de dos semanas.The factory staff called a two-week wildcat strike.
c. unauthorized
Los refugiados montaron un camping salvaje con lo que tenían a mano.The refugees set up an unauthorized camp using what they had available.
5. (old-fashioned) (anthropology)
a. savage
¿Cómo eran los salvajes que habitaban la isla?What were the savages who inhabited the island like?
6. (colloquial) (boor)
salvaje
adjective1. (animal, terreno)
a. wild
el salvaje oestethe wild West
2. (pueblo, tribu)
a. savage
3. (cruel, brutal)
a. brutal, savage
4. (incontrolado)
Nouna. no direct translation
acampada salvajeunauthorized camping
una huelga salvajean unofficial strike, a wildcat strike
5. (primitivo)
a. savage
6. (bruto)
a. brute
unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrantesome inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant
Phrases with "salvaje"
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| animal salvaje | wild animal |
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