conservar
Spanish, verb/konseɾˈbaɾ/
conservar is spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-A-R (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,594th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conservar is a Spanish verb meaning “to conserve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mantener en el mismo estado, sin alteración”.
What does conservar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to conserve
- 2
to preserve, retain.
conservar rasgos ancestrales
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mantener en el mismo estado, sin alteración. 2. Guardar bajo protección para evitar el deterioro o pérdida. 3. Mantener o continuar en el tiempo un uso, costumbre o tradición. 4. Mantener una actitud, comportamiento, aire o gesto.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of conservar
- conservo first-person present singular
- conservé first-person preterite singular
- conservado participle past
- conservando gerund
- conservada feminine participle past
- conservados masculine participle past
- conservadas feminine participle past
- conservas indicative informal present
- conservás indicative informal present
- conserva indicative present singular
- conservamos first-person indicative plural
- conserváis indicative plural present
- conservan indicative plural present
- conservaba first-person imperfect indicative
- conservabas imperfect indicative second-person
- conservábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- conservabais imperfect indicative plural
- conservaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conservar?
- /konseɾˈbaɾ/
- [kõn.seɾˈβ̞aɾ]
- [kõnseɾˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conservar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conservar in Spanish?
conservar appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).