salvaje

wild, savage (untamed, not domesticated); savage, feral, uncivilized (said of a person)

“Sólo hay una cosa que puede calmar la bestia salvaje.” — There is only one thing that can soothe the savage beast.

First attested 1335; borrowed from Old Catalan and Occitan or Old Occitan salvatge, sauvatge, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest, grove”). Doublet of selvático.

savage

Related: animal salvaje, gato salvaje, niño salvaje, perro salvaje africano, salvajada, salvajemente, salvajería, salvajismo

First attested 1335; borrowed from Old Catalan and Occitan or Old Occitan salvatge, sauvatge, from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest, grove”). Doublet of selvático.