# reserva
## Catalan
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [rəˈzer.bə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [rəˈzer.və]
* IPA: (Valencia) [reˈzeɾ.va]

#### Noun

reserva f (plural reserves)
* reserve

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

reserva
* inflection of reservar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Verb

reservā
* second-person singular present active imperative of reservō

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈzɛʁ.vɐ/ [heˈzɛɦ.vɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈzɛʁ.vɐ/ [heˈzɛɦ.vɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁeˈzɛɾ.vɐ/ [heˈzɛɾ.vɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁeˈzɛʁ.vɐ/ [χeˈzɛʁ.vɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈzɛɻ.va/ [heˈzɛɻ.va]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨˈzɛɾ.vɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨˈzɛɾ.vɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨˈzɛɾ.bɐ/ [ʁɨˈzɛɾ.βɐ]
* Hyphenation: re‧ser‧va

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

reserva f (plural reservas)
* reserve (the act of reserving, or keeping back)
* reserve (that which is reserved as for future use)
* reserve (unexploited natural resource)
* reserve (tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose)
* reserve (tract of land reserved for aboriginal people)
* (military) reserve (body of troops in the rear of an army)
* booking (a reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel)
* stockpile (supply for future use)

##### Synonyms

* (reserve, booking): reservação
* (stockpile): estoque

#### Noun

reserva m or f by sense (plural reservas)
* (sports) reserve (player who does not participate from the start of the game)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

reserva
* inflection of reservar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reˈseɾba/ [reˈseɾ.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -eɾba
* Syllabification: re‧ser‧va

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from reservar.

#### Noun

reserva f (plural reservas)
* reservation, booking (arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance)
    Synonym: reservación
    Los agentes de viajes cancelaron todas las reservas para el vuelo de la tarde.The travel agents canceled all reservations for the afternoon flight.
* a reserve, reservation, preserve, sanctuary (area protected for a specific reason)
* reserve (for game or hunting)
* (military) reserve (armed forces in non-active duty)
* (sports) reserve (part of the team that doesn't start)
* reserve, supply, stock, stockpile, store, standby (something saved for future use)
** 2005, Martin Gardner (translated by Luis Bou Garcia), Huevos, nudos y otras mistificaciones matemáticas, page 74:Esta reserva de aire es importante, porque el embrión la utiliza para hinchar sus pulomes por primera vez y puede morir si no existe.This supply of air is important, because the embryo uses it to fill its lungs for the first time and may die without it.
* pool (e.g. talent pool, gene pool, pool of experts, pool of available workers)
* secrecy (i.e. discretion, confidence)
* (formal) caveat
    Synonym: advertencia

##### Usage notes

* Reserva is the exclusive word for "reservation" or "booking" in Spain. In many Latin American countries, however, they use both reserva and reservación.

##### Hyponyms

* reserva biológica (“biological reserve”)
* reserva de la biosfera
* reserva india (“Indian reservation”), reserva indígena (“indigenous reserve”)
* reserva nacional (“national reserve”)
* reserva natural

##### Derived terms

* a reserva de (“subject to”)
* copia de reserva
* de reserva (“reserve, standby, backup”) (adj.)
* escala de reserva
* guardar reserva
* moneda de reserva
* reserva de ley
* sin reservas (“unreservedly, wholeheartedly, without reservation, without reserve, without qualification; unqualified, unreserved, unmodified”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

reserva
* inflection of reservar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “reserva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10