salvaje

adj.

1 wild (animal, terreno).

el salvaje oeste the wild West

2 savage (pueblo, tribu).

3 brutal, savage (cruel, brutal).

f. & m.

1 savage (primitivo).

2 brute (bruto).

unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant

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salvaje

► adjetivo

1 (planta) wild; (terreno) uncultivated

2 (animal) wild

3 (pueblo, tribu) savage, uncivilized

4 familiar figurado (violento) savage, wild

5 (bruto) uncouth, boorish

6 figurado (incontrolado) haphazard, uncontrolled

■ edificación salvaje uncontrolled building development

■ huelga salvaje wildcat strike

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (no civilizado) savage

2 figurado (violento) savage

3 (bruto) brute, boor

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1. noun mf.

savage

2. adj.

1) savage

2) wild

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1. ADJ

1) [planta, animal, tierra] wild

2) (=no autorizado) [huelga] unofficial, wildcat; [construcción] unauthorized

3) [pueblo, tribu] savage

4) (=brutal) savage, brutal

un salvaje asesinato — a brutal o savage murder

5) LAm * (=estupendo) terrific *, smashing *

2.

SMF (lit, fig) savage

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I

adjetivo

1)

a) <animal> wild

b) (primitivo) <tribu> savage

c) <vegetación/terreno> wild

2) (cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savage

II

masculino y femenino (primitivo) savage; (bruto) (pey) animal, savage

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= uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.

Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.

Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.

Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.

Ex. The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.

Ex. The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.

Ex. I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, 'in the wild'.

Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.

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* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.

* flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].

* gato salvaje = feral cat.

* monte salvaje = backcountry.

* regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.

* vida salvaje = wildlife.

* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.

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I

adjetivo

1)

a) <animal> wild

b) (primitivo) <tribu> savage

c) <vegetación/terreno> wild

2) (cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savage

II

masculino y femenino (primitivo) savage; (bruto) (pey) animal, savage

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= uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.

Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.

Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.

Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.

Ex: The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.

Ex: The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.

Ex: I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, 'in the wild'.

Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.

Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.

* crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.

* flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].

* gato salvaje = feral cat.

* monte salvaje = backcountry.

* regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.

* vida salvaje = wildlife.

* zonas salvajes del interior = back country.

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salvaje¹

adjective

A

1 ‹animal› wild

2 (primitivo) ‹tribu› savage

3 ‹vegetación/terreno› wild

B (cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal; ‹ataque/matanza› savage

hay que ser salvaje para decirle eso a una pobre anciana (fam); you have to be pretty cruel o brutal o nasty to say a thing like that to an old lady (colloq)

se vuelve muy salvaje cuando está borracho he gets very vicious o brutal when he's drunk

C ‹construcción› uncontrolled, illegal; ‹camping› unauthorized

para controlar la colocación salvaje de carteles to control illegal o unauthorized bill posting

salvaje²

masculine and feminine

1 (primitivo) savage

2 (pey) (bruto) animal, savage

te comportaste como un salvaje you behaved like a savage o an animal

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salvaje adjetivo
1

a) ‹animal› wild

b) (primitivo) ‹tribu› savage

c) ‹vegetación/terreno› wild

2 (cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal;
‹ataque/matanza› savage
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (primitivo) savage;
(bruto) (pey) animal, savage
salvaje
I adjetivo
1 Bot Zool wild: el tigre es un animal salvaje, the tiger is a wild animal
2 (terreno) uncultivated
3 (cultura, tribu) savage
4 (comportamiento) cruel, brutal
5 (incontrolable, imparable) huelga salvaje, protracted strike
6 pey (inculto, maleducado) uncouth
(zoquete) thick: no seas salvaje, claro que fue Colón, don't be so thick, of course it was Columbus
II m, f
1savage
2 fam (bruto) animal, savage
'salvaje' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
brava
- bravo
- lado
- selvática
- selvático
- bestia
- indomable
English:
abundance
- frazzled
- loose
- rice
- savage
- savagely
- wild
- wilderness
- wildness
- cut
- vicious

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salvaje

♦ adj

1. [animal] wild

2. [planta, terreno] wild

3. [pueblo, tribu] savage

4. [cruel, brutal] brutal, savage;

se escuchó una explosión salvaje there was a massive explosion;

el capitalismo salvaje ruthless capitalism

5. [incontrolado]

acampada salvaje unauthorized camping;

una huelga salvaje an unofficial strike, a wildcat strike;

vertidos salvajes illegal dumping

♦ nmf

1. [primitivo] savage

2. [bruto] brute;

unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant;

la salvaje de tu hermana ha suspendido todas las asignaturas your thick sister has failed every subject;

es un salvaje, se comió un pollo él sólo he's an animal, he ate a whole chicken by himself;

eres un salvaje, ¿cómo tratas así a tu madre? you're a monster, how can you treat your mother like that?

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salvaje

I adj

1 animal wild

2 (bruto) brutal

II m/f savage

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salvaje adj

1) : wild

animales salvajes: wild animals

2) : savage, cruel

3) : primitive, uncivilized

salvaje nmf

: savage

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salvaje adj

1. (animal) wild

animales salvajes wild animals

2. (tribu) savage

estudia una tribu salvaje he's studying a savage tribe