salvador

See also: Salvador and Salvádor

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan salvador, from Latin salvātōrem.

Noun

salvador m (plural salvadors, feminine salvadora)

1. savior

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salβɐˈðoɾ/

Noun

salvador m (plural salvadores, feminine salvadora, feminine plural salvadoras)

1. saviour

Further reading

• “salvador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin salvator.

Noun

salvador m (oblique plural salvadors, nominative singular salvadors, nominative plural salvador)

1. savior

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin salvātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈdoɾ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈdoɻ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.vɐˈdoɾ/ [saɫ.vɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.vɐˈdoɾ/ [saɫ.vɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.bɐˈdoɾ/ [saɫ.βɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.vɐˈdo.ɾi/ [saɫ.vɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Homophone: Salvador
• Hyphenation: sal‧va‧dor

Noun

salvador m (plural salvadores, feminine salvadora, feminine plural salvadoras)

1. saviour, savior (the one who saves)
2. liberator; redeemer
3. (archaic, rare) an official who subjected the coins to a final examination

Adjective

salvador (feminine salvadora, masculine plural salvadores, feminine plural salvadoras)

1. that saves
2. liberator; redeemer

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin salvator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salbaˈdoɾ/ [sal.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: sal‧va‧dor

Noun

salvador m (plural salvadores, feminine salvadora, feminine plural salvadoras)

1. saviour, savior

Related terms

• salvar

 

Further reading

• “salvador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28