salvar Present Conjugation
salvar — to save
Salvar is a regular -ar verb in the present: salvo, salvas, salva, salvamos, salváis, salvan.
salvar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present tense to talk about daily habits of saving money or current situations where someone is saving a life or a document. It is the most common way to describe ongoing safety and preservation.
Notes on salvar in the Present
Salvar is completely regular in the present tense. It follows the standard pattern for -ar verbs without any stem changes.
Example Sentences
Yo siempre salvo mis documentos en la nube.
I always save my documents in the cloud.
yo
Él salva a mucha gente con su trabajo en el hospital.
He saves many people with his work at the hospital.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros salvamos un poco de dinero cada mes.
We save a little bit of money every month.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Confusing salvar with ahorrar.
Correct: Use ahorrar for money and salvar for lives or files.
Why: While both mean 'to save', salvar is for rescue/preservation and ahorrar is specifically for accumulating money.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: salvé
Salvar is regular in the preterite: salvé, salvaste, salvó, salvamos, salvasteis, salvaron.
Imperfect
yo: salvaba
The imperfect of salvar follows the standard -aba pattern: salvaba, salvabas, salvaba, salvábamos, salvabais, salvaban.
Future
yo: salvaré
The future of salvar uses the infinitive as the stem: salvaré, salvarás, salvará, salvaremos, salvaréis, salvarán.
Conditional
yo: salvaría
The conditional of salvar is regular, adding -ía endings to the infinitive: salvaría, salvarías, salvaría, salvaríamos, salvaríais, salvarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: salve
The present subjunctive of salvar uses -e endings: salve, salves, salve, salvemos, salvéis, salven.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: salvara
The imperfect subjunctive of salvar is formed from the 'ellos' preterite: salvara, salvaras, salvara, salváramos, salvarais, salvaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: salva
The imperative of salvar gives commands: salva (tú), salvad (vosotros), salve (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no salves
The negative imperative of salvar uses the present subjunctive: no salves, no salve, no salvemos, no salvéis, no salven.