conservador
Portuguese, noun/kõ.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/
conservador is spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-A-D-O-R (11 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,612th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conservador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “conservative (one who favours the status quo)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que conserva; conservante”.
What does conservador mean in English?
adjective
- 1
which conserves, preserves
- 2
conservative (based on pessimistic assumptions)
- 3
conservative (supporting or relating to conservatism)
noun
- 1
masculineconservative (one who favours the status quo)
- 2
masculineregistrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que conserva 2. o que se opõe a reformas políticas 3. aquilo ou aquele que se opõe a mudanças sociais, sobretudo as de caráter moral e religioso 4. que é muito afeito do passado e seus valores
noun: 1. aquilo que conserva; conservante 2. pessoa adepta da ideologia do conservadorismo, que se opõe a mudanças ou inovações sociais
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of conservador
- conservadora feminine
- conservadores masculine plural
- conservadoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conservador?
- Brazil /kõ.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [kõ.seɦ.vaˈdoh]
- /kõ.seɾ.vaˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conservador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conservador in Portuguese?
conservador appears 9.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).