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salva
to save /salˈva/
verb#428 most common
Also: to rescue, to salvage
Example sentences
Trebuie să salvez documentul.
I need to save the document.
Pompierii au salvat pisica din copac.
The firefighters saved the cat from the tree.
Doctorii au reușit să-i salveze viața.
The doctors managed to save his life.
Dacă nu salvezi fișierul, vei pierde toate modificările.
If you don't save the file, you will lose all the changes.
Guvernul a intervenit pentru a salva economia de la colaps.
The government intervened to save the economy from collapse.
Numai un miracol l-ar mai fi putut salva din acel moment.
Only a miracle could have saved him from that point on.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | salvez | salvai | voi salva |
| 2sg | salvezi | salvași | vei salva |
| 3sg | salvează | salvă | va salva |
| 1pl | salvăm | salvarăm | vom salva |
| 2pl | salvați | salvarăți | veți salva |
| 3pl | salvează | salvară | vor salva |
Word family
salvarerescue, saving (also: ambulance, in colloquial use)salvatorsavior, rescuer
salvabilsalvageable
salvamarlifeguard (sea rescue)
a se salvato save oneself, to escape
Etymology
Salva comes from the Latin verb salvare, meaning to make safe or whole, itself built on the adjective salvus, safe. Romanian took this verb as a learned borrowing in the 19th century, when scholars reshaped the language's vocabulary along Latin and French lines. The word entered everyday use quickly because it filled a gap left by older Slavic-derived terms for rescue.
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