Meaning
safeguard, protect
- to protect from damage or risk
- to preserve something important
In a sentence
Il comune vuole salvaguardare il centro storico.
The municipality wants to safeguard the historic center.
Come possiamo salvaguardare questo parco?
How can we protect this park?
Non basta salvaguardare solo gli edifici nuovi.
It isn't enough to protect only the new buildings.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| salvaguardare | infinitive |
| salvaguardo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| salvaguardi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| salvaguarda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| salvaguardiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| salvaguardate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| salvaguardano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| salvaguardavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| salvaguardavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| salvaguardava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| salvaguardavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| salvaguardavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| salvaguardavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| salvaguardai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| salvaguardasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| salvaguardò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| salvaguardammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| salvaguardaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| salvaguardarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| salvaguarderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| salvaguarderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| salvaguarderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| salvaguarderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| salvaguarderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| salvaguarderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| salvaguardi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| salvaguardi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| salvaguardi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| salvaguardiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| salvaguardiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| salvaguardino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| salvaguardassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| salvaguardassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| salvaguardasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| salvaguardassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| salvaguardaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| salvaguardassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| salvaguarderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| salvaguarderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| salvaguarderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| salvaguarderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| salvaguardereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| salvaguarderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| salvaguarda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| salvaguardiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| salvaguardate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| salvaguardando | gerund |
| salvaguardato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal than proteggere.
- Common with ambiente, diritti, patrimonio, sicurezza.
- Usually takes a direct object.