# conservar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnservāre (“to preserve; to conserve”).

### Verb

conservar (first-person singular present conservo, first-person singular preterite conserví, past participle conservat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* to preserve
* (reflexive) to be preserved

#### Related terms

* conservació
* conservatori

### Further reading

* “conservar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “conservar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “conservar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “conservar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Latin cōnservō (“I preserve; I conserve”).

### Verb

conservar
* to preserve
* to conserve

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | conservar | conservar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | conservante | conservate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | conserva | ha conservate |
| active | past | conservava | habeva conservate |
| active | future | conservara | habera conservate |
| active | conditional | conservarea | haberea conservate |
| active | imperative | conserva | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es conservate | ha essite conservate |
| passive | past | esseva conservate | habeva essite conservate |
| passive | future | essera conservate | habera essite conservate |
| passive | conditional | esserea conservate | haberea essite conservate |
| passive | imperative | sia conservate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin cōnservāre (“to preserve; to conserve”), probably borrowed.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.seʁˈva(ʁ)/ [kõ.seɦˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.seʁˈva(ʁ)/ [kõ.seɦˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.seɾˈva(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.seʁˈva(ʁ)/ [kõ.seʁˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.seɻˈva(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.sɨɾˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.sɨɾˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.sɨɾˈbaɾ/ [kõ.sɨɾˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.sɨɾˈva.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: con‧ser‧var

### Verb

conservar (first-person singular present conservo, first-person singular preterite conservei, past participle conservado)
* to preserve
* to conserve

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conservar.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnservāre (“to preserve; to conserve”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konseɾˈbaɾ/ [kõn.seɾˈβ̞aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧ser‧var

### Verb

conservar (first-person singular present conservo, first-person singular preterite conservé, past participle conservado)
* (transitive) to conserve
* (transitive) to preserve, retain.
    conservar rasgos ancestralesTo retain ancestral traits
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 8:Ambos quedaron transformados en terneros, pero conservando la cabeza de hombres.Both had been transformed into calves, but keeping the heads of men.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* conserva
* conservable
* conservante

#### Related terms

* conservación
* conservador
* conservativo
* conservatorio

### Further reading

* “conservar”, 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