salvo

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see also: Salvo

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Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: sălʹvō, IPA: /ˈsælvəʊ/
• (America) enPR: sălʹvō, IPA: /ˈsælvoʊ/

Noun

salvo (plural salvos)

1. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

   • They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations.

Noun

salvo (plural salvos)

1. (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
3. (by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
4. The combined cheers of a crowd.

Translations

• French: salve
• German: Salve
• Italian: salva
• Portuguese: salva
• Russian: залп
• Spanish: salva, andanada

Translations

• German: Salve

Translations

• German: Salve
• Italian: salva
• Russian: залп

Verb

salvo (salvos, present participle salvoing; past and past participle salvoed)

1. (ambitransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.

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Salvo

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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