salva-vidas

See also: salvavidas

Portuguese

Etymology

From salvar (“to rescue”) + vidas (“lives”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: sal‧va-‧vi‧das

Adjective

salva-vidas (plural salva-vidas, not comparable)

  1. life-
    Bote salva-vidas
    Lifeboat
    Colete salva-vidas
    Lifejacket

Noun

salva-vidas m, f (plural salva-vidas)

  1. lifeguard (attendant employed to save swimmers)
    O salva-vidas salvou um menino de se afogar.
    The lifeguard saved the boy from drowning.

Synonyms

Noun

salva-vidas m (plural salva-vidas)

  1. Clipping of bote salva-vidas.
    O Titanic tinha um número insuficiente de salva-vidas.
    Titanic had an insufficient number of lifeboats.
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