Salvador

See also: salvador and Salvádor

English

Etymology

From Spanish and Portuguese Salvador, chiefly various placenames honoring Jesus Christ, from Spanish and Portuguese salvador (“savior”), from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to save”) + -tor (forming agent nouns). In Spanish placenames, frequently a clipping of Spanish San Salvador (“Holy Savior”). Doublet of savior, Salvator, and Salvatore.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsælvədɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsælvədɔɹ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Salvador

1. A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese.
2. A surname from Spanish or Portuguese.
3. (somewhat dated) El Salvador, a country in Central America.
5. A municipality, the state capital of Bahia, Brazil.
6. Ellipsis of San Salvador Island.
7. (historical) Former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador

Derived terms

• Salvadoran
• Salvadorean
• Salvadorian

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩爾瓦多 / 萨尔瓦多 (zh) (Sà'ěrwǎduō)

• Hindi: साल्बादोर m (sālbādor)
• Italian: Salvatore (it) m
• Marathi: साल्व्हादोर n (sālvhādor), साल्बादोर (sālbādor)
• Portuguese: Salvador (pt) m
• Sicilian: Sarbaturi
• Spanish: Salvador (es) m

Brazilian state capital of Bahia

• Arabic: سَلْفَادُور (salfādūr)
• Armenian: Սալվադոր (Salvador)
• Azerbaijani: Salvador (az)
• Belarusian: Салвадо́р (Salvadór)
• Bengali: সালভাদোর (śalbhadōr)
• Bulgarian: Салвадо́р m (Salvadór)
• Burmese: ဆာလ်ဗဒေါ (hcalba.dau:)
• Catalan: Salvador (ca)
• Cebuano: Salvador
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 薩爾瓦多 / 萨尔瓦多 (saat³ ji⁵ ngaa⁵ do¹)

  Mandarin: 薩爾瓦多 / 萨尔瓦多 (zh) (Sàěrwǎduō)

• Czech: Salvador (cs)
• Dutch: Salvador (nl)
• French: Salvador (fr)
• Galician: Salvador (gl)
• Georgian: სალვადორი (ka) (salvadori)
• German: Salvador (de)
• Greek: Σαλβαδόρ (el) (Salvadór)
• Hebrew: סַלְבַדוֹר (salvador)
• Hindi: साल्वाडोर (sālvāḍor)
• Hungarian: Salvador (hu)
• Italian: Salvador (it)
• Japanese: サルヴァドール (Saruvadōru)
• Korean: 사우바도르 (saubadoreu)
• Latvian: Salvadora (lv)
• Lithuanian: Salvadoras (lt)
• Macedonian: Салвадо́р (Salvadór)
• Marathi: साल्व्हादोर (sālvhādor)
• Nepali: साल्भादोर (sālbhādor)
• Portuguese: Salvador (pt)
• Romanian: Salvador (ro)
• Russian: Салвадо́р (Salvadór)
• Slovak: Salvador
• Spanish: Salvador (es)
• Tamil: சவ்வாதோர் (cavvātōr)
• Telugu: సాల్వడార్ (sālvaḍār)
• Thai: ซัลวาดอร์ (san-waa-dɔɔ)
• Turkish: Salvador (tr)
• Ukrainian: Салвадо́р (Salvadór)
• Urdu: سلواڈور (salvāḍōr)
• Uzbek: Salvador

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Salvador is the 2,772^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13,021 individuals. Salvador is most common among Hispanic/Latino (58.07%), Asian/Pacific Islander (23.02%) and White (13.97%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Alvardos, lavadors

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Салвадор
Arabic		سالوادوْر

Proper noun

Salvador (definite accusative Salvadoru, plural Salvadorlar)

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of Salvador

	singular	plural
nominative	Salvador	Salvadorlar
definite accusative	Salvadoru	Salvadorları
dative	Salvadora	Salvadorlara
locative	Salvadorda	Salvadorlarda
ablative	Salvadordan	Salvadorlardan
definite genitive	Salvadorun	Salvadorların

Possessive forms of Salvador

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Salvadorum	Salvadorlarım
sənin (“your”)	Salvadorun	Salvadorların
onun (“his/her/its”)	Salvadoru	Salvadorları
bizim (“our”)	Salvadorumuz	Salvadorlarımız
sizin (“your”)	Salvadorunuz	Salvadorlarınız
onların (“their”)	Salvadoru or Salvadorları	Salvadorları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Salvadorumu	Salvadorlarımı
sənin (“your”)	Salvadorunu	Salvadorlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	Salvadorunu	Salvadorlarını
bizim (“our”)	Salvadorumuzu	Salvadorlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	Salvadorunuzu	Salvadorlarınızı
onların (“their”)	Salvadorunu or Salvadorlarını	Salvadorlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Salvadoruma	Salvadorlarıma
sənin (“your”)	Salvadoruna	Salvadorlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	Salvadoruna	Salvadorlarına
bizim (“our”)	Salvadorumuza	Salvadorlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	Salvadorunuza	Salvadorlarınıza
onların (“their”)	Salvadoruna or Salvadorlarına	Salvadorlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Salvadorumda	Salvadorlarımda
sənin (“your”)	Salvadorunda	Salvadorlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	Salvadorunda	Salvadorlarında
bizim (“our”)	Salvadorumuzda	Salvadorlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	Salvadorunuzda	Salvadorlarınızda
onların (“their”)	Salvadorunda or Salvadorlarında	Salvadorlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Salvadorumdan	Salvadorlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	Salvadorundan	Salvadorlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	Salvadorundan	Salvadorlarından
bizim (“our”)	Salvadorumuzdan	Salvadorlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	Salvadorunuzdan	Salvadorlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	Salvadorundan or Salvadorlarından	Salvadorlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	Salvadorumun	Salvadorlarımın
sənin (“your”)	Salvadorunun	Salvadorlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	Salvadorunun	Salvadorlarının
bizim (“our”)	Salvadorumuzun	Salvadorlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	Salvadorunuzun	Salvadorlarınızın
onların (“their”)	Salvadorunun or Salvadorlarının	Salvadorlarının

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [səl.βəˈðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səl.vəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [səl.βəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sal.vaˈðoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [sal.βaˈðo]

Proper noun

Salvador m

1. a male given name
2. Salvador (a municipality, the state capital of Bahia, Brazil)

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Salvador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salbaˈdoɾ/ [s̪ɐl̪.bɐˈd̪oɾ̪]

Proper noun

Salvador

1. a male given name from Spanish

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsalvador]
• Hyphenation: Sal‧va‧dor

Proper noun

Salvador m inan (relational adjective salvadorský, demonym Salvadorec)

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of Salvador (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Salvador
genitive	Salvadoru
dative	Salvadoru
accusative	Salvador
vocative	Salvadore
locative	Salvadoru
instrumental	Salvadorem

Alternative forms

• Salvádor

Further reading

• “Salvador”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Salvador”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Salvador”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sal.va.dɔʁ/

• Audio (France (Paris)):

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Salvador m

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Hungarian

Salvador

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɒlvɒdor]
• Hyphenation: Sal‧va‧dor
• Rhymes: -or

Proper noun

Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America; official name: Salvadori Köztársaság)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Salvador	—
accusative	Salvadort	—
dative	Salvadornak	—
instrumental	Salvadorral	—
causal-final	Salvadorért	—
translative	Salvadorrá	—
terminative	Salvadorig	—
essive-formal	Salvadorként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Salvadorban	—
superessive	Salvadoron	—
adessive	Salvadornál	—
illative	Salvadorba	—
sublative	Salvadorra	—
allative	Salvadorhoz	—
elative	Salvadorból	—
delative	Salvadorról	—
ablative	Salvadortól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Salvadoré	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Salvadoréi	—

Possessive forms of Salvador

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Salvadorom	—
2nd person sing.	Salvadorod	—
3rd person sing.	Salvadorja	—
1st person plural	Salvadorunk	—
2nd person plural	Salvadorotok	—
3rd person plural	Salvadorjuk	—

Derived terms

• salvadori

See also

countries in Central America: Közép-Amerika országai (appendix)edit

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Salvador

Portuguese

Etymology

From salvador (“savior”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈdoɾ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈdoʁ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /saw.vaˈdoɻ/ [saʊ̯.vaˈdoɻ]

 

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.vɐˈdoɾ/ [saɫ.vɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.bɐˈdoɾ/ [saɫ.βɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sal.vɐˈdo.ɾi/ [saɫ.vɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: Sal‧va‧dor
• Homophone: salvador

Proper noun

Salvador m (plural Salvadores)

1. a male given name

Proper noun

Salvador m (demonym salvadorenho)

1. ellipsis of El Salvador: a country in Central America

Proper noun

Salvador f (demonym soteropolitano or salvadorense)

1. Salvador (a municipality, the state capital of Bahia, Brazil)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎlʋaːdor/
• Hyphenation: Sal‧va‧dor

Proper noun

Sàlvādor m inan (Cyrillic spelling Са̀лва̄дор)

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of Salvador

	singular
nominative	Salvador
genitive	Salvadora
dative	Salvadoru
accusative	Salvador
vocative	Salvadore
locative	Salvadoru
instrumental	Salvadorom

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salʋadɔ̀ːr/

Proper noun

Salvadór m inan

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Salvadór
genitive	Salvadóra
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Salvadór
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Salvadóra
dative (dajȃlnik)	Salvadóru
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Salvadór
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Salvadóru
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Salvadórom

Related terms

• Salvadórčan / Salvadórčanka
• salvadórski

References

• “Salvador”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Salvador”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Etymology

From salvador (“savior”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salbaˈdoɾ/ [sal.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: Sal‧va‧dor

Proper noun

Salvador m

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Chamba
• El Salvador
• San Salvador

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Salvador
• → Tagalog: Salvador

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós

Proto-Italic *salawos

Latin salvus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin salvō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin salvātōrem

Old Spanish salvador

Spanish salvador

Spanish Salvadorbor.

Tagalog Salvador

Borrowed from Spanish Salvador.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /salvaˈdoɾ/ [sɐl.vɐˈd̪oɾ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /salbaˈdoɾ/ [sɐl.bɐˈd̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: Sal‧va‧dor

Proper noun

Salvadór (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜊᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

1. a male given name from Spanish
2. a surname from Spanish transferred from the given name

Uzbek

Proper noun

Salvador

1. El Salvador (a country in Central America)