conserva

conserva
feminine noun
also:
  • conservas -> canned food, tinned food (British)
  • en conserva -> canned, tinned (British)
  • conserva de carne -> tinned meat

conserva [con-serr’-vah]
noun
1Conserve, preserve. (f)
  • Conservas alimenticias -> canned foods
  • Conservas de carne -> canned meat
  • En conservas -> preserved
2Pickles. (f)
3Fleet of merchant men under convoy of a ship of war. (f)
  • I -> or navegar de conserva, to sail under convoy, to navigate in company with other ships
noun, plural
4Tinned, canned food.

conserva
sustantivo:femenino
1 (proceso) preserving
los cultivos industriales del mejillón se destinaban a la conserva
2 (Culin) (alimentos) preserve; preserves; (p) (mermelada) jam; (encurtido) pickle
no comemos muchas conservas we don't eat much tinned canned food;o (EEUU) en conserva tinned; canned; (EEUU) atún en conserva tinned canned tuna;o (EEUU) conservas de carne tinned canned meat;o (EEUU)
conservas alimenticias tinned canned food;o (EEUU)
mejillones en conserva alimentos en conserva carne en conserva trufas en conserva melocotones en conserva poner los alimentos en conserva he comprado unas conservas y varios litros de leche Hay conservas de legumbres que se pueden usar con toda garantía conservas en mal estado latas de conserva
3 (Náutica) convoy
navegar en (la) conserva to sail in convoy

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