salve

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsælv/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/sæv, sɑv/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sav, säv for 1; salv for 2; salvē, Lat. sälfor 3)


Inflections of 'salve' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
salves
v 3rd person singular
salving
v pres p
salved
v past
salved
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
salve [sth] vtr (assuage, appease: conscience)apaciguar vtr
  aplacar vtr
  mitigar vtr
  aliviar vtr
 Richard felt bad about buying a gas-guzzling car, but salved his conscience by thinking about the solar panels he had recently had installed on his roof.
 Richard se sintió mal por haber comprado un coche de gasolina, pero apaciguó su conciencia pensando en los paneles solares que había instalado recientemente en su techo.
salve n (balm, ointment)ungüento nm
  pomada nf
  bálsamo nm
 Helen applied a salve to her dry lips.
 Helen aplicó un ungüento en sus labios resecos.
 Helen aplicó una pomada en sus labios resecos.
 Helen aplicó un bálsamo en sus labios resecos.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
lip balm,
lip salve
n
(moisturizer for lips)bálsamo labial nm + adj mf
  (AmL)manteca de cacao, crema de cacao nm + adj mf
  protector labial nm + adj
  (ES)cacao nm
 I applied lip balm to protect my lips from the sun.
 During the winter use lip salve to stop your lips getting chapped and dry.
 Me puse bálsamo labial para proteger mis labios del sol. // Durante el invierno, uso bálsamo labial para que no se me agrieten los labios ni se me sequen.
lip salve n (ointment for lips)bálsamo labial nm + adj mf
  ungüento para labios nm + loc adj
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