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)
- to safeguard (to protect, to keep safe)
Conjugation
Conjugation of salvaguardar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “salvaguardar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “salvaguardar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
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)
- (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.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of salvaguardar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of salvaguardar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive salvaguardar | dative | salvaguardarme | salvaguardarte | salvaguardarle, salvaguardarse | salvaguardarnos | salvaguardaros | salvaguardarles, salvaguardarse |
| accusative | salvaguardarme | salvaguardarte | salvaguardarlo, salvaguardarla, salvaguardarse | salvaguardarnos | salvaguardaros | salvaguardarlos, salvaguardarlas, salvaguardarse | |
| with gerund salvaguardando | dative | salvaguardándome | salvaguardándote | salvaguardándole, salvaguardándose | salvaguardándonos | salvaguardándoos | salvaguardándoles, salvaguardándose |
| accusative | salvaguardándome | salvaguardándote | salvaguardándolo, salvaguardándola, salvaguardándose | salvaguardándonos | salvaguardándoos | salvaguardándolos, salvaguardándolas, salvaguardándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative salvaguarda | dative | salvaguárdame | salvaguárdate | salvaguárdale | salvaguárdanos | not used | salvaguárdales |
| accusative | salvaguárdame | salvaguárdate | salvaguárdalo, salvaguárdala | salvaguárdanos | not used | salvaguárdalos, salvaguárdalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative salvaguardá | dative | salvaguardame | salvaguardate | salvaguardale | salvaguardanos | not used | salvaguardales |
| accusative | salvaguardame | salvaguardate | salvaguardalo, salvaguardala | salvaguardanos | not used | salvaguardalos, salvaguardalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative salvaguarde | dative | salvaguárdeme | not used | salvaguárdele, salvaguárdese | salvaguárdenos | not used | salvaguárdeles |
| accusative | salvaguárdeme | not used | salvaguárdelo, salvaguárdela, salvaguárdese | salvaguárdenos | not used | salvaguárdelos, salvaguárdelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative salvaguardemos | dative | not used | salvaguardémoste | salvaguardémosle | salvaguardémonos | salvaguardémoos | salvaguardémosles |
| accusative | not used | salvaguardémoste | salvaguardémoslo, salvaguardémosla | salvaguardémonos | salvaguardémoos | salvaguardémoslos, salvaguardémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative salvaguardad | dative | salvaguardadme | not used | salvaguardadle | salvaguardadnos | salvaguardaos | salvaguardadles |
| accusative | salvaguardadme | not used | salvaguardadlo, salvaguardadla | salvaguardadnos | salvaguardaos | salvaguardadlos, salvaguardadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative salvaguarden | dative | salvaguárdenme | not used | salvaguárdenle | salvaguárdennos | not used | salvaguárdenles, salvaguárdense |
| accusative | salvaguárdenme | not used | salvaguárdenlo, salvaguárdenla | salvaguárdennos | not used | salvaguárdenlos, salvaguárdenlas, salvaguárdense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “salvaguardar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025