Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To rescue.

    bergen, retten

    спаса́тьspasátʹ

  2. (transitive)To modify (a false proposition) to create a true proposition.

    Prove or disprove, and salvage if possible.

  3. (transitive)To put to use.

    nutzen, ausschlachten

  4. (transitive)To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

    restaurieren, herrichten

  5. (Philippines)To perform summary execution.

  6. (Philippines)To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

More definitions
  • collect discarded material
  • save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Examples

32 sentences

  1. Were you able to salvage anything?

    ruВам удалось что-нибудь спасти?

    deHast du etwas retten können?

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  2. I think that's an illegal salvage operation.

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  3. We were able to salvage some things.

    ruКое-что нам удалось спасти.

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  4. There's no hope in salvaging anything here.

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  5. I hope we can salvage the situation.

    ruНадеюсь, мы сможем спасти ситуацию.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to rescue:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to rescue:
to put to use:
to make new or restore for the use of being saved:

Origin

From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to

From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.

Borrowed from Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).

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Forms

salvages, salvaging, salvaged, salvaged
Base formsalvage · to salvage
3rd person singularsalvages
Present participlesalvaging
Past simplesalvaged
Past participlesalvaged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysalvage
he, she, itsalvages

Past simpleLesson

all personssalvaged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave salvaged
he, she, ithas salvaged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill salvage

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words
RelatedsalvationC1salvager
Derivedresalvagesalvageabilitysalvageablesalvageeunsalvaged

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
salutationsalutationssalutesalvationC1salveC1
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