# conserva
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kunˈser.bə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [konˈser.və]
* IPA: (Valencia) [konˈseɾ.va]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

conserva f (plural conserves)
* conserve

#### Further reading

* “conserva” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

conserva
* inflection of conservar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

conserva
* third-person singular past historic of conserver

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈsɛr.va/
* Rhymes: -ɛrva
* Hyphenation: con‧sèr‧va

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

conserva f (plural conserve)
* (foods) conserve
* (foods) preserve

#### Further reading

* conserva1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

conserva
* inflection of conservare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* conversa

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /konˈser.u̯a/, [kõːˈs̠ɛru̯ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /konˈser.va/, [konˈsɛrvä]

### Noun

cōnserva f (genitive cōnservae); first declension
* a female fellow-slave

#### Declension

First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | cōnserva | cōnservae |
| Genitive | cōnservae | cōnservārum |
| Dative | cōnservae | cōnservīs |
| Accusative | cōnservam | cōnservās |
| Ablative | cōnservā | cōnservīs |
| Vocative | cōnserva | cōnservae |

### Verb

cōnservā
* second-person singular present active imperative of cōnservō

### References

* “conserva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “conserva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* conserva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* conserva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõˈsɛʁ.vɐ/ [kõˈsɛɦ.vɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõˈsɛʁ.vɐ/ [kõˈsɛɦ.vɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõˈsɛɾ.vɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõˈsɛʁ.vɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõˈsɛɻ.va/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõˈsɛɾ.vɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõˈsɛɾ.vɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kõˈsɛɾ.bɐ/ [kõˈsɛɾ.βɐ]
* Hyphenation: con‧ser‧va

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

conserva f (plural conservas)
* preservation (preparation of food so it lasts longer)
* preserved food, such as pickles, jam or canned food
* (archaic) convoy (ships sailing in company)
** 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam:
    Partidas ambas eſtas fuſtas deſta fortaleza de Diu, & nauegando juntas em hũa conserua com tempo aſſaz forte, […]Once both pinnaces left the fortress of Diu, and sailing together in a convoy with strong weather, […]

#### Further reading

* “conserva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

conserva
* inflection of conservar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French conserver, from Latin conservare.

### Verb

a conserva (third-person singular present conservă, past participle conservat) 1st conj.
* to preserve

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈseɾba/ [kõnˈseɾ.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -eɾba
* Syllabification: con‧ser‧va

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

conserva f (plural conservas)
* conserve

#### Further reading

* “conserva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

### Etymology 2

Clipping of conservador

#### Noun

conserva m (plural conservas)
* (informal) A conservative
** 2001 July 8, Jorge in Cambridge, “El Rechifle”, in ‎ (Usenet):Los conservas en las ultimas elecciones del mes pasado se presentaron con una plataforma basado en "keep the pound".The conservatives in the last elections last month showed up with a "keep the pound"-based platform.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

conserva
* inflection of conservar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative