salva-vidas
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See also: salvavidas
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From salvar (“to rescue”) + vidas (“lives”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: sal‧va‧vi‧das
Adjective
[edit]salva-vidas (invariable, not comparable)
- life-
- Bote salva-vidas
- Lifeboat
- Colete salva-vidas
- Lifejacket
Noun
[edit]salva-vidas m or f by sense (invariable)
- lifeguard (attendant employed to save swimmers)
- Synonyms: nadador-salvador, banheiro
- O salva-vidas salvou um menino de se afogar.
- The lifeguard saved the boy from drowning.
Noun
[edit]salva-vidas m (invariable)
- 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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