salvarse

salvarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (sobrevivir) to survive, come out alive

2 (escaparse) to escape (de, from)

3 RELIGIÓN to be saved, save one's soul

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1) to escape

2) save one's soul

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VPR

1) [de un peligro] to escape

pocos se salvaron del naufragio — few escaped from o survived the shipwreck

¡sálvese quien pueda!, ¡sálvese el que pueda! — every man for himself!

2) * (=librarse)

considera incompetentes a todos los ministros, no se salva nadie — in his view all the ministers are, without exception, incompetent

todos son antipáticos, Carlos es el único que se salva — they're an unfriendly lot, Carlos is the one exception

3) (Rel) to be saved

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■salvarse verbo reflexivo
1 (conservar la vida) to survive: se salvaron cinco personas, five people survived o got out alive
2 familiar salvarse por poco o por los pelos, to have a miraculous o narrow escape
4 (librarse de algo) se salvó del castigo, she escaped punishment
5 (excluir o disculpar a alguien) de todo el grupo, él es el único que se salva, of all the group he's the only one who comes out clean
6 Rel to be saved
♦ Locuciones: ¡sálvese quien pueda!, every man for himself!
'salvarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escaparse
- salvar
English:
close
- escape
- get
- narrow

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vpr

1. [librarse] to escape;

la biblioteca se salvó del incendio the library escaped being destroyed by the fire;

se salvó de morir ahogado he escaped drowning;

se salvó gracias a que llevaba paracaídas he survived because he was wearing a parachute;

no te vas a salvarse de tener que limpiar you won't get out of having to clean up;

Comp

sálvese quien pueda every man for himself

2. [exceptuarse]

sus amigos son inaguantables, ella es la única que se salva her friends are unbearable, she's the only one who's OK

3. Rel to be saved

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salvarse

v/r

1 escape, get out;

sálvese quien pueda fig every man for himself

2 REL be saved

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vr

1) : to survive, to escape

2) : to save one's soul

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salvarse vb (sobrevivir) to survive

se salvaron todos los ocupantes del coche all the occupants of the car survived

sólo dos cuadros se salvaron del fuego only two paintings were saved from the fire

¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!