salvação

See also: salvaçaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• salvaçam (obsolete)
• salvaçaõ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese salvaçon, from Latin salvātiōnem. By surface analysis, salvar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [saʊ̯.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [saɫ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [saɫ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.bɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [saɫ.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: sal‧va‧ção

Noun

salvação f (plural salvações)

1. salvation, saving
2. redemption

Further reading

• “salvação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024