salvaguardar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.va.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯.va.ɡwaɦˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.va.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯.va.ɡwaɦˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saw.va.ɡwaɾˈda(ɾ)/ [saʊ̯.va.ɡwaɾˈda(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saw.va.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯.va.ɡwaʁˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.va.ɡwaɻˈda(ɻ)/ [saʊ̯.va.ɡwaɻˈda(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.vɐ.ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [saɫ.vɐ.ɣwɐɾˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.vɐ.ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [saɫ.vɐ.ɣwɐɾˈðaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.bɐ.ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [saɫ.βɐ.ɣwɐɾˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.vɐ.ɡwɐɾˈda.ɾi/ [saɫ.vɐ.ɣwɐɾˈða.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: sal‧va‧guar‧dar

Verb

salvaguardar (first-person singular present salvaguardo, first-person singular preterite salvaguardei, past participle salvaguardado)

1. to safeguard (to protect, to keep safe)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of salvaguardar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	salvaguardar
Personal	salvaguardar	salvaguardares	salvaguardar	salvaguardarmos	salvaguardardes	salvaguardarem
Gerund
	salvaguardando
Past participle
Masculine	salvaguardado			salvaguardados
Feminine	salvaguardada			salvaguardadas
Indicative
Present	salvaguardo	salvaguardas	salvaguarda	salvaguardamos	salvaguardais	salvaguardam
Imperfect	salvaguardava	salvaguardavas	salvaguardava	salvaguardávamos	salvaguardáveis	salvaguardavam
Preterite	salvaguardei	salvaguardaste	salvaguardou	salvaguardamos1, salvaguardámos2	salvaguardastes	salvaguardaram
Pluperfect	salvaguardara	salvaguardaras	salvaguardara	salvaguardáramos	salvaguardáreis	salvaguardaram
Future	salvaguardarei	salvaguardarás	salvaguardará	salvaguardaremos	salvaguardareis	salvaguardarão
Conditional	salvaguardaria	salvaguardarias	salvaguardaria	salvaguardaríamos	salvaguardaríeis	salvaguardariam
Subjunctive
Present	salvaguarde	salvaguardes	salvaguarde	salvaguardemos	salvaguardeis	salvaguardem
Imperfect	salvaguardasse	salvaguardasses	salvaguardasse	salvaguardássemos	salvaguardásseis	salvaguardassem
Future	salvaguardar	salvaguardares	salvaguardar	salvaguardarmos	salvaguardardes	salvaguardarem
Imperative
Affirmative		salvaguarda	salvaguarde	salvaguardemos	salvaguardai	salvaguardem
Negative (não)		não salvaguardes	não salvaguarde	não salvaguardemos	não salvaguardeis	não salvaguardem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salbaɡwaɾˈdaɾ/ [sal.β̞a.ɣ̞waɾˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sal‧va‧guar‧dar

Verb

salvaguardar (first-person singular present salvaguardo, first-person singular preterite salvaguardé, past participle salvaguardado)

1. to safeguard

Conjugation

    Conjugation of salvaguardar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			salvaguardar
gerund			salvaguardando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		salvaguardado		salvaguardada
		plural		salvaguardados		salvaguardadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	salvaguardo	salvaguardastú salvaguardásvos	salvaguarda	salvaguardamos	salvaguardáis	salvaguardan
	imperfect	salvaguardaba	salvaguardabas	salvaguardaba	salvaguardábamos	salvaguardabais	salvaguardaban
	preterite	salvaguardé	salvaguardaste	salvaguardó	salvaguardamos	salvaguardasteis	salvaguardaron
	future	salvaguardaré	salvaguardarás	salvaguardará	salvaguardaremos	salvaguardaréis	salvaguardarán
	conditional	salvaguardaría	salvaguardarías	salvaguardaría	salvaguardaríamos	salvaguardaríais	salvaguardarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	salvaguarde	salvaguardestú salvaguardésvos2	salvaguarde	salvaguardemos	salvaguardéis	salvaguarden
	imperfect (ra)	salvaguardara	salvaguardaras	salvaguardara	salvaguardáramos	salvaguardarais	salvaguardaran
	imperfect (se)	salvaguardase	salvaguardases	salvaguardase	salvaguardásemos	salvaguardaseis	salvaguardasen
	future1	salvaguardare	salvaguardares	salvaguardare	salvaguardáremos	salvaguardareis	salvaguardaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		salvaguardatú salvaguardávos	salvaguarde	salvaguardemos	salvaguardad	salvaguarden
	negative		no salvaguardes	no salvaguarde	no salvaguardemos	no salvaguardéis	no salvaguarden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of salvaguardar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive salvaguardar	dative	salvaguardarme	salvaguardarte	salvaguardarle, salvaguardarse	salvaguardarnos	salvaguardaros	salvaguardarles, salvaguardarse
	accusative	salvaguardarme	salvaguardarte	salvaguardarlo, salvaguardarla, salvaguardarse	salvaguardarnos	salvaguardaros	salvaguardarlos, salvaguardarlas, salvaguardarse
with gerund salvaguardando	dative	salvaguardándome	salvaguardándote	salvaguardándole, salvaguardándose	salvaguardándonos	salvaguardándoos	salvaguardándoles, salvaguardándose
	accusative	salvaguardándome	salvaguardándote	salvaguardándolo, salvaguardándola, salvaguardándose	salvaguardándonos	salvaguardándoos	salvaguardándolos, salvaguardándolas, salvaguardándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative salvaguarda	dative	salvaguárdame	salvaguárdate	salvaguárdale	salvaguárdanos	not used	salvaguárdales
	accusative	salvaguárdame	salvaguárdate	salvaguárdalo, salvaguárdala	salvaguárdanos	not used	salvaguárdalos, salvaguárdalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative salvaguardá	dative	salvaguardame	salvaguardate	salvaguardale	salvaguardanos	not used	salvaguardales
	accusative	salvaguardame	salvaguardate	salvaguardalo, salvaguardala	salvaguardanos	not used	salvaguardalos, salvaguardalas
with formal second-person singular imperative salvaguarde	dative	salvaguárdeme	not used	salvaguárdele, salvaguárdese	salvaguárdenos	not used	salvaguárdeles
	accusative	salvaguárdeme	not used	salvaguárdelo, salvaguárdela, salvaguárdese	salvaguárdenos	not used	salvaguárdelos, salvaguárdelas
with first-person plural imperative salvaguardemos	dative	not used	salvaguardémoste	salvaguardémosle	salvaguardémonos	salvaguardémoos	salvaguardémosles
	accusative	not used	salvaguardémoste	salvaguardémoslo, salvaguardémosla	salvaguardémonos	salvaguardémoos	salvaguardémoslos, salvaguardémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative salvaguardad	dative	salvaguardadme	not used	salvaguardadle	salvaguardadnos	salvaguardaos	salvaguardadles
	accusative	salvaguardadme	not used	salvaguardadlo, salvaguardadla	salvaguardadnos	salvaguardaos	salvaguardadlos, salvaguardadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative salvaguarden	dative	salvaguárdenme	not used	salvaguárdenle	salvaguárdennos	not used	salvaguárdenles, salvaguárdense
	accusative	salvaguárdenme	not used	salvaguárdenlo, salvaguárdenla	salvaguárdennos	not used	salvaguárdenlos, salvaguárdenlas, salvaguárdense

Related terms

• salvaguardia

 

Further reading

• “salvaguardar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10