selvagem
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese salvage, salvaje, from Old Occitan salvatge, salvatxe, sauvatge (cf. Catalan salvatge), from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus (“of the woods”), from silva (“woods; forest”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: sel‧va‧gem
Adjective
selvagem m or f (plural selvagens)
- sylvan (of the woods)
- wild (not domesticated or tamed)
- (derogatory) savage; uncivilised
- brutal, vicious, merciless
Synonyms
- (sylvan): agreste, selvático, silvestre, silvícola
- (not domesticated): asselvajado, bravio, feroz, indomesticado
- (uncivilised): bárbaro, incivilizado
- (merciless): brutal, cruel, feroz
Antonyms
- (not domesticated): amansado, domado, domesticado, doméstico, manso
- (uncivilised): civilizado
Noun
selvagem m or f (plural selvagens)
- sylvan (one who resides in the woods)
- an impolite person
- (derogatory) savage (uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian)
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- Portuguese terms derived from Old Occitan
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- Portuguese lemmas
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- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese nouns with multiple genders
- Portuguese words suffixed with -agem