salvaje
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested 1335;[1] 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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]salvaje m or f (masculine and feminine plural salvajes)
- (especially of animals) wild, savage (untamed, not domesticated)
- savage, feral, uncivilized (said of a person)
Noun
[edit]salvaje m or f by sense (plural salvajes)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “salvaje”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “salvaje”, 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
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