salva-vidas
See also: salvavidas
Portuguese
Etymology
From salvar (“to rescue”) + vidas (“lives”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sal‧va-‧vi‧das
Adjective
salva-vidas (invariable, comparable, comparative no)
- life-
- Bote salva-vidas
- Lifeboat
- Colete salva-vidas
- Lifejacket
Noun
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- lifeguard (attendant employed to save swimmers)
- O salva-vidas salvou um menino de se afogar.
- The lifeguard saved the boy from drowning.
Synonyms
- (lifeguard): nadador-salvador, banheiro
Noun
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.