salva
Portuguese, noun
salva is spelled S-A-L-V-A (5 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “salvo (salute paid by simultaneous firing of cannons)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of salvo. With an accent, salvá is a different word: “apocopic form of salvar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta das labiadas do género Salvia”.
What does salva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesalvo (salute paid by simultaneous firing of cannons)
- 2
feminineany noisy simultaneous salute
salva de palmas.
- 3
femininecharger (large platter)
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininesage
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of salvo
verb
- 1
feminineshort feminine singular past participle
- 2
third-person singular present indicative
- 3
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
apocopic form of salvar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta das labiadas do género Salvia 2. conjunto de tiros disparados por canhões 3. conjunto de sons, palavras, etc, repetidos rapidamente
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo salvar
noun: 1. prenome feminino
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of salva
- salvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
salva appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).