salvaguardar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /saw.va.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯.va.ɡwaɦˈda(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /saw.va.ɡwaɾˈda(ɾ)/ [saʊ̯.va.ɡwaɾˈda(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /saw.va.ɡwaʁˈda(ʁ)/ [saʊ̯.va.ɡwaʁˈda(χ)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /saw.va.ɡwaɻˈda(ɻ)/ [saʊ̯.va.ɡwaɻˈda(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sal.vɐ.ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [saɫ.vɐ.ɣwɐɾˈðaɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /sal.bɐ.ɡwɐɾˈdaɾ/ [saɫ.βɐ.ɣwɐɾˈðaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sal.vɐ.ɡwɐɾˈda.ɾi/ [saɫ.vɐ.ɣwɐɾˈða.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: sal‧va‧guar‧dar

Verb

salvaguardar (first-person singular present salvaguardo, first-person singular preterite salvaguardei, past participle salvaguardado)

  1. to safeguard (to protect, to keep safe)

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Spanish

Etymology

From salva +‎ guardar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /salbaɡwaɾˈdaɾ/ [sal.β̞a.ɣ̞waɾˈð̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: sal‧va‧guar‧dar

Verb

salvaguardar (first-person singular present salvaguardo, first-person singular preterite salvaguardé, past participle salvaguardado)

  1. (transitive) to safeguard
    • 2020 July 9, Carlos E. Cué, Miguel González, “Sánchez plantea revisar la inviolabilidad del Rey en la Constitución”, in El País[1], archived from the original on 10 July 2020:
      El Gobierno quiere salvaguardar a la Monarquía del escándalo causado por las informaciones sobre las cuentas de Juan Carlos I en paraísos fiscales levantando un cortafuegos entre el rey Felipe VI y su padre y planteando una reforma constitucional que limite la inviolabilidad del jefe del Estado.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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