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salva¹

  • /salˈva/

Rhymes with -a

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin salvāre, Italian salvare. First attested in c. 1830.

verb a salva 1st conjugation · salvează · salvă · salvat · a salva · salvând

  1. transitive to save (rescue)

    Similar: mântui, scăpa

  2. transitive to save

Salva²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hungarian Szálva, from Old Church Slavonic салова (salova), from сало (salo) + -ова (-ova).

proper noun

  1. feminine a commune of Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania
  2. feminine a village in Salva, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania

In English

  • save to help someone to survive, or rescue someone

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"salva." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/salva. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

salva. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/salva

Chicago

"salva." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/salva.

BibTeX
@misc{salva_2026,
  title = {salva},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/salva},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}