salva
Spanish, noun
salva is spelled S-A-L-V-A (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,995th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salva is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “salvo, volley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of salvo. With an accent, salvá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of salvar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Saludo hecho disparando un arma de fuego”.
What does salva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesalvo, volley
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of salvo
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of salvar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Saludo hecho disparando un arma de fuego. 2. Prueba que se hacía de la comida de los reyes para cerciorarse de que no estuviera envenenada. 3. Demostración de la inocencia que se hacía sometiéndose temerariamente a un peligro, bajo la confianza de que Dios salvaría milagrosamente al justo. 4. Juramento solemne o palabra de seguro.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of salva
- salvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to salva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salva in Spanish?
salva appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).