salvador
Portuguese, noun/saw.vaˈdoʁ/
salvador is spelled S-A-L-V-A-D-O-R (8 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,429th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salvador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “savior (one who saves)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que salva”.
What does salvador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesavior (one who saves)
- 2
masculineliberator; redeemer
- 3
archaicmasculinerarean official who subjected the coins to a final examination
adjective
- 1
that saves
- 2
liberator; redeemer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro, capital do estado da Bahia, sendo a maior cidade da Região Nordeste do Brasil e a terceira maior do país 2. El Salvador 3. prenome masculino 4. antonomásia usada pelos cristãos para se referir a Jesus
adjective: 1. que salva
noun: 1. aquele que salva
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 salvador
- salvadores plural
- salvadora feminine
- salvadoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salvador?
- Brazil /saw.vaˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [saʊ̯.vaˈdoh]
- /saw.vaˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salvador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salvador in Portuguese?
salvador appears 68 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).