salvaje
Spanish, noun/salˈbaxe/
salvaje is spelled S-A-L-V-A-J-E (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,864th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salvaje is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “savage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does salvaje mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewild, savage (untamed, not domesticated)
Sólo hay una cosa que puede calmar la bestia salvaje.
- 2
femininemasculinesavage, feral, uncivilized (said of a person)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesavage
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dícese de los animales que viven en libertad en su ambiente natural. 2. Dícese de lo que es o actúa de forma violenta y sin control. 3. Dícese de las plantas que crecen sin ayuda del hombre. 4. Se decía de las personas que pertenecían a sociedades consideradas como no civilizadas desde el punto de vista europeo.
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 salvaje
- salvajes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salvaje?
- /salˈbaxe/
- [salˈβ̞a.xe]
- [salˈβ̞axe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salvaje
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salvaje in Spanish?
salvaje appears 16 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).