salve
Portuguese, noun/ˈsaw.vi/
salve is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shout out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of salvar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “saudação”.
What does salve mean in English?
interjection
- 1
hail!
- 2
colloquialgreetings, hi
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineshout out
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. saudação ou cumprimento
noun: 1. saudação
noun: 1. função vespertina de uma novena onde a oração salve-rainha é significativa
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo salvar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo salvar 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo salvar
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 salve
- salve! canonical
- salves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salve?
- Brazil /ˈsaw.vi/
- Brazil [ˈsaʊ̯.vi]
- Portugal /ˈsal.vɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salve in Portuguese?
salve appears 17 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).