English

Noun

salvo ‎(plural salvos or salvoes)

1. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

   They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. --Eikon Basilike.

   2006 MetaFilter community weblog Britannica's issued a salvo against Nature's famous "Wikipedia and the EB are comparably error-strewn" analysis.

Translations

Etymology 2

A 1719 alteration of salva (1591) "simultaneous discharge of guns," from Latin salva ‎(“salute, volley”) (compare salve, also from Italian), from Latin salve ‎(“hail”), imperative of salvere: "be in good health!," the usual Roman greeting, regarded as imperative of salvere "to be in good health,"

Noun

salvo ‎(plural salvos or salvoes)

1. (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
2. By extension, any volley, as in an argument or debate.
   • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

     It was an impressive opening salvo from the Baggies, especially for a side that have made a poor beginning to what has been an admittedly tough start to their campaign.

3. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

Translations

Verb

salvo ‎(third-person singular simple present salvos, present participle salvoing, simple past and past participle salvoed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.

See also

• the Salvos

Anagrams

• ovals
• sa/vol

Catalan

Verb

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of salvar

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle French salve, from Italian salva, from Latin salvē ‎(greeting).

Noun

salvo n ‎(plural salvo's, diminutive salvootje n)

1. salvo, series of shots
2. salvo, reservation

Galician

Adjective

salvo m (feminine singular salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

1. safe

Derived terms

• san e salvo

Preposition

salvo

1. except

Synonyms

• agás

Ido

Noun

salvo (plural salvi)

1. rescue
2. salvation

Synonyms

• (rescue): salvado
• (salvation): salveso

Derived terms

• salvita
• salvar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin salvus.^[1] Cognate to French sauf.

Adjective

salvo m ‎(feminine singular salva, masculine plural salvi, feminine plural salve)

1. safe, out of danger, saved, secure from
2. safe, whole, intact, undamaged

Synonyms

• (out of danger): salvato, fuori pericolo, al sicuro da
• (whole, intact): intatto, indenne, non danneggiato

Noun

salvo m ‎(plural salvi)

1. (proceeded by in) safe, in a safe place, to safety

Preposition

salvo

1. except, but, save

Synonyms

• eccetto, tranne, eccetto, ad eccezione di, fatto salvo

Conjunction

salvo che

1. except that; save that, unless, if.. not

Synonyms

• a meno che non

Related terms

• salvare

Verb

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salvare

References

1. ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Anagrams

• slavo, solva, valso

Latin

Etymology

From salvus ‎(“safe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.woː/, [ˈsaɫ.woː]

Verb

salvō ‎(present infinitive salvāre, perfect active salvāvī, supine salvātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) I save (make safe or healthy)
   • Augustinus

     Non enim amat Deus damnare sed salvare.

     God does not love to condemn, but to save.

Usage notes

This term is not found in Classical Latin, which uses servo instead.

Inflection

Descendants

References

• salvo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SALVO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “salvo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • without violating, neglecting one's duty: salvo officio (Off. 3. 1. 4)
    
  • to greet a person: aliquem salvere iubere (Att. 4. 14)
    
• save in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -awvu

Verb

salvo

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of salvar

Spanish

Adjective

salvo m ‎(feminine singular salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

1. safe

Adverb

salvo

1. except, apart from

Related terms

• salva f
• salvar
• salvado m
• salvamiento m
• salvación f
• a salvo
• sano y salvo

Verb

salvo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of salvar.

References

• “salvo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.