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boia salva-vidas

Portuguese, noun

boia salva-vidas is spelled B-O-I-A-S-A-L-V-A-V-I-D-A-S (14 letters). Boia salva-vidas is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “life preserver; life-buoy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, bóia salva-vidas is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of boia salva-vidas; still used…”.

What does boia salva-vidas mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelife preserver; life-buoy

noun

as bóia salva-vidas
  1. 1

    femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of boia salva-vidas; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of boia salva-vidas

  • boias salva-vidas plural
  • bóia salva-vidas alternative
  • bóias salva-vidas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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