sálvame
/salbame/from spelling rules
The English phrase "save me" is translated into Spanish as sálvame.
Sálvame is used as a request for someone to rescue you from a dangerous or difficult situation. If you need to say "help" as a noun, you can use Auxilio. To express an immediate need for rescue or assistance, you can use Socorro. Additionally, the verb socorrer can be used in its imperative form, Socórreme, to mean "to help" or "to aid".
What does it mean word for word?
The word sálvame is composed of the imperative verb salva (save) and the enclitic pronoun me (me).
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain, the phrase ¡Socorro, necesito ayuda! is a suitable way to ask for help.
How does it change in a sentence?
The accent mark on the first syllable of sálvame is required because adding the pronoun to the imperative verb creates a proparoxytone (esdrújula) word.
How do you pronounce it?
/salbame/
Did you know?
- Spanish has a distinction between salvar (to rescue from danger) and ahorrar (to save money), whereas English uses 'save' for both.
- The word socorro comes from the same root as the English word 'succor', an archaic term for assistance in a time of difficulty.
- In some contexts, salvar is used in the phrase salvar los muebles, which literally means 'to save the furniture' but idiomatically means to save what is possible from a disaster.
Examples in context
- Socórreme, por favor, hay un incendio en mi habitaciónSave me, please, there is a fire in my room
- ¡Sálvame!Save me!
- ¡Sálvame de este lío!Save me from this mess!
- Por favor, sálvame de la inundación.Please, save me from the flood.
- Sálvame de este peligro ahora mismo.Save me from this danger right now.
Example conversation
Elena is trapped in a room and Daniel is outside.
- Elena¡Daniel, sálvame!Daniel, save me!
- DanielEstoy intentando abrir la puerta.I am trying to open the door.
- ElenaDate prisa, tengo miedo.Hurry up, I'm afraid.
- DanielYa casi estoy ahí, Elena.I'm almost there, Elena.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
