salva-vidas

See also: salvavidas

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsaw.vɐˈvi.dɐs/ [ˌsaʊ̯.vɐˈvi.dɐs]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsaw.vɐˈvi.dɐs/ [ˌsaʊ̯.vɐˈvi.dɐs]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌsaw.vɐˈvi.dɐʃ/ [ˌsaʊ̯.vɐˈvi.dɐʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsaw.vaˈvi.das/ [ˌsaʊ̯.vaˈvi.das]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsal.vɐˈvi.dɐʃ/ [ˌsaɫ.vɐˈvi.ðɐʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsal.vɐˈvi.dɐʃ/ [ˌsaɫ.vɐˈvi.ðɐʃ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsal.bɐˈbi.dɐʃ/ [ˌsaɫ.βɐˈβi.ðɐʃ]

• Hyphenation: sal‧va‧vi‧das

Adjective

salva-vidas (invariable, not comparable)

1. life-

   Bote salva-vidas

   Lifeboat

   Colete salva-vidas

   Lifejacket

Noun

salva-vidas m or f by sense (invariable)

1. 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

salva-vidas m (invariable)

1. Clipping of bote salva-vidas.

   O Titanic tinha um número insuficiente de salva-vidas.

   Titanic had an insufficient number of lifeboats.