salutare

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.luˈta.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: sa‧lu‧tà‧re

Etymology 1

From Latin salūtāris.

Adjective

salutare m or f by sense (plural salutari)

1. healthy, wholesome, beneficial

   Synonyms: sano, benefico

Derived terms

• salutarmente

Related terms

• salute

Etymology 2

From Latin salūtāre.

Verb

salutàre (first-person singular present salùto, first-person singular past historic salutài, past participle salutàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to welcome, to greet, to salute

   Synonyms: acclamare, accogliere

2. (transitive) to see off, to say goodbye

   Synonym: congedarsi

3. (transitive) to give somebody's regards to somebody, remember somebody to somebody

Conjugation

    Conjugation of salutàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	salutàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		salutàndo
present participle		salutànte	past participle		salutàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	salùto	salùti	salùta	salutiàmo	salutàte	salùtano
imperfect	salutàvo	salutàvi	salutàva	salutavàmo	salutavàte	salutàvano
past historic	salutài	salutàsti	salutò	salutàmmo	salutàste	salutàrono
future	saluterò	saluterài	saluterà	saluterémo	saluteréte	saluterànno
conditional	saluterèi	saluterésti	saluterèbbe, saluterébbe	saluterémmo	saluteréste	saluterèbbero, saluterébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	salùti	salùti	salùti	salutiàmo	salutiàte	salùtino
imperfect	salutàssi	salutàssi	salutàsse	salutàssimo	salutàste	salutàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		salùta	salùti	salutiàmo	salutàte	salùtino
negative imperative		non salutàre	non salùti	non salutiàmo	non salutàte	non salùtino

Alternative forms

• salotare (archaic, rare)

Derived terms

• salutarsi
• saluto

Anagrams

• australe, salature, saluterà

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin salūs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin salūtāre

From salūs + -āris.

From the nominalized neuter singular of the adjective salūtāris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sa.ɫuːˈtaː.rɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sa.luˈtaː.re]

Noun

salūtāre n (genitive salūtāris); third declension

1. (biblical, Late Latin) salvation, saviour, deliverance
   • 4th century A.D., St. Jerome, Vulgate, Psalm 118:166,174
     Exspectabam salutare tuum, Domine, et mandata tua dilexi...Concupivi salutare tuum, Domine, et lex tua meditatio mea est.

     I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments...I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.

   • 4th century A.D., St. Jerome, Vulgate, Acts of the Apostles 28:28
     Notum ergo sit vobis, quoniam gentibus missum est hoc salutare Dei, et ipsi audient.

     Be it known therefore to you, that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.

   • 4th century A.D., St. Jerome, Vulgate, Deuteronomy, 32:15
     Incrassatus est dilectus, et recalcitravit : incrassatus, impinguatus, dilatatus, dereliquit Deum factorem suum, et recessit a Deo salutari suo.

     The beloved grew fat, and kicked: he grew fat, and thick and gross, he forsook God who made him, and departed from God his saviour.
     (English translations from Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner rev.)

2. safety, security
3. health, welfare, prosperity

Usage notes

• The substantive form of the adjective salutare was adopted by St. Jerome as a noun dozens of times throughout the Vulgate Bible to convey the Christian religious concept of salvation in addition to its general meaning of "safety", interchangeable in meaning with the preferred Classical Latin noun salus.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	salūtāre	salūtāria
genitive	salūtāris	salūtārium
dative	salūtārī	salūtāribus
accusative	salūtāre	salūtāria
ablative	salūtārī	salūtāribus
vocative	salūtāre	salūtāria

Adjective

salūtāre

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of salūtāris

Verb

salūtāre

1. inflection of salūtō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative

References

• “salutaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romanian

Etymology

From saluta +‎ -re.

Noun

salutare f (plural salutări)

1. salutation

   Synonym: salut

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	salutare	salutarea		salutări	salutările
genitive-dative	salutări	salutării		salutări	salutărilor
vocative	—			—

Further reading

• “salutare”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026