salvataje

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French sauvetage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salbaˈtaxe/ [sal.β̞aˈt̪a.xe]
• Rhymes: -axe
• Syllabification: sal‧va‧ta‧je

Noun

salvataje m (plural salvatajes)

1. rescue, salvage

Further reading

• “salvataje”, 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
• “salvataje”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010