salvapantallas

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of salva (“to save”) +‎ pantallas (“screens”).

Noun

salvapantallas m (plural salvapantallas)

1. (computing) screensaver

Further reading

• “salvapantallas”, 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