salbahin
salbahín with stress marks
to save [someone or something]
From root: salba
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinalba
si-nal-BA
saved
Present (Incomplete)
sinasalba
si-na-sal-BA
is being saved
Future (Contemplated)
sasalbahin
sa-sal-ba-HIN
will be saved
Usage Note
Salbahin is the object-focus -in form of salba, foregrounding the person or thing being rescued as the sentence topic. It shares the informal, colloquial register of its actor-focus counterpart magsalba, and is used for physical rescues and figurative salvations alike, including saving face or sparing someone from embarrassment.
Examples
" Subukan nating salbahin ang aso. "
Natural Translation
Let's try to save the dog.
Literal Translation
Try we to-save the dog.
" Sinubukan nila na salbahin ang mga lumang dokumento. "
Natural Translation
They tried to save the old documents.
Literal Translation
Tried they to save the old documents.
" Kahit konti na lang ang oras, sinubukan pa rin ng mga bumbero na salbahin ang mga taong naiwan sa loob ng gusali. "
Natural Translation
Even though there was little time left, the firefighters still tried to save the people left inside the building.
Literal Translation
Even little already only the time, tried still the firefighters to-save the people left in inside of building.
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