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salvaje.

wild, savage (untamed, not domesticated)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/salˈbaxe/[salˈβ̞a.xe]

  1. wild, savage (untamed, not domesticated)

    especially · feminine · masculine
    Sólo hay una cosa que puede calmar la bestia salvaje.

  2. savage, feral, uncivilized (said of a person)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

First attested 1335; 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.

noun/salˈbaxe/[salˈβ̞a.xe]

  1. savage

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

First attested 1335; 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.

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