Salvadoran en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der. 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. ▲ Latin salvātōrem Old Galician-Portuguese salvador Portuguese salvador Portuguese Salvadorbor. English Salvador Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Salvadoran From Salvador + -an.
Meanings
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Of, from, or pertaining to El Salvador or the Salvadoran people.
I’d been pushing some shopping carts around the grocery store’s parking lot with a coworker, a guy named Rafa, a big Salvadoran dude.
2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 157:People will fill the plazas of the country tumultuously, like a river in the rainy season, to pay tribute to these brothers of ours who died for the sake of peace, to these brothers who were born in Spain but were more Salvadoran than their assassins, that pack of criminals with no patriotism in their hearts.
1995, José Ignacio López Vigil, translated by Mark Fried, “The Stubborn Izote Flower”, in Rebel Radio: The Story of El Salvador’s Radio Venceremos, Willimantic, Conn.: Curbstone Press; London: Latin American Bureau, →ISBN, section V (On to the Cities), page 228:The executive order specifically named Tren de Aragua and the Salvadoran MS-13 gang, citing their “campaigns of violence and terror in the United States and internationally” as threats to “the stability of the international order in the Western Hemisphere.”
2025 January 31, Stefano Pozzebon, “Rubio and Bukele to discuss sending suspected gang members from US to El Salvador”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more Salvadoran | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most Salvadoran | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| Salvadorean | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Salvadorian | alternative | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
Translations (21)
gl salvadoreño (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · cy Salfadoraidd (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · nl Salvadoraans (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · ca salvadoreny (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · ca salvadorenc (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · cs salvadorský (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · pl salwadorski (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · nn salvadoransk (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · sw Kielsavado (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · it salvadoregno (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · ro salvadorian (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · fr salvadorien (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · pt salvadorenho (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · sv salvadoransk (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · ga Salvadórach (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · es salvadoreño (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · ast salvadoreñu (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · ast salvadorianu (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · nb salvadoransk (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · de salvadorianisch (of or pertaining to El Salvador) · ru сальвадо́рский (of or pertaining to El Salvador)