salvaguardar
Spanish, verb/salbaɡwaɾˈdaɾ/
salvaguardar is spelled S-A-L-V-A-G-U-A-R-D-A-R (12 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salvaguardar is a Spanish verb meaning “to safeguard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conservar, resguardar o proteger”.
What does salvaguardar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to safeguard
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Conservar, resguardar o proteger.
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 salvaguardar
- salvaguardo first-person present singular
- salvaguardé first-person preterite singular
- salvaguardado participle past
- salvaguardando gerund
- salvaguardada feminine participle past
- salvaguardados masculine participle past
- salvaguardadas feminine participle past
- salvaguardas indicative informal present
- salvaguardás indicative informal present
- salvaguarda indicative present singular
- salvaguardamos first-person indicative plural
- salvaguardáis indicative plural present
- salvaguardan indicative plural present
- salvaguardaba first-person imperfect indicative
- salvaguardabas imperfect indicative second-person
- salvaguardábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- salvaguardabais imperfect indicative plural
- salvaguardaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salvaguardar?
- /salbaɡwaɾˈdaɾ/
- [sal.β̞a.ɣ̞waɾˈð̞aɾ]
- [salβ̞aɣ̞waɾˈð̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salvaguardar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salvaguardar in Spanish?
salvaguardar appears 2.2 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).