salvar

/salˈbaɾ/, [salˈβ̞aɾ]

save


Verb salvar (first-person singular present salvo, first-person singular preterite salvé, past participle salvado)

  1. to save
  2. to rescue
  3. to salvage
  4. (formal) to cover (a distance)

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • El médico hizo todo lo que pudo por salvar al chico herido.

    The doctor tried hard to save the wounded boy.

  • Sólo la paz puede salvar el mundo.

    Only peace can save the world.

  • Bill se zambulló en el río para salvar al chico que se ahogaba.

    Bill dove into the river to save the drowning child.

  • El soldado ofreció su propia vida para salvar la de su amigo.

    The soldier saved his friend at the cost of his own life.

  • Solo una operación urgente puede salvar la vida del paciente.

    Only an immediate operation can save the patient's life.

  • Él fue visto como un héroe por salvar la vida de su amigo.

    He was regarded as a hero for saving his friend's life.

  • Salvar al mundo requiere de fe y valor: fe en la razón, y valor para proclamar lo que la razón muestra como verdadero.

    To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true.

  • Tom es el único que puede salvar al mundo.

    Tom is the only one who can save the world.

  • Gracias por salvar mi vida.

    Thanks for saving my life.

  • El padre dio la propia vida para salvar la de la hija.

    The father gave his own life in order to save his daughter's.

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