selvagem

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese salvage, salvaje, from Old Occitan salvatge, salvatxe, sauvatge (cf. Catalan salvatge), from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus (“of the woods”), from silva (“woods; forest”). === Pronunciation === (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /sɛwˈva.ʒẽj̃/ (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /siwˈvaʒ/ Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʒẽj̃, (Portugal) -aʒɐ̃j̃ Hyphenation: sel‧va‧gem === Adjective === selvagem m or f (plural selvagens) sylvan (of the woods) Synonyms: agreste, selvático, silvestre, silvícola wild (not domesticated or tamed) Synonyms: asselvajado, bravio, feroz, indomesticado Antonyms: amansado, domado, domesticado, doméstico, manso (derogatory) savage; uncivilised Synonyms: bárbaro, incivilizado Antonym: civilizado brutal, vicious, merciless Synonyms: brutal, cruel, feroz ==== Descendants ==== → Old Tupi: saraûaîa === Noun === selvagem m or f by sense (plural selvagens) sylvan (one who resides in the woods) Synonym: silvícola an impolite person Synonyms: bronco, bruto, grosso, mal-educado, parvo (derogatory) savage (uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian) Synonym: bárbaro ==== Derived terms ==== bom selvagem ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “selvagem”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “selvagem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026