conservar

=

to keep

verb

conservar
transitive verb
1. to preserve (mantener) (alimento); to sustain, to keep up (amistad); to look after (salud); to retain (calor)
2. to keep (guardar) (libros, cartas, secreto)
  • todavía conserva sus primeras zapatillas de ballet -> she still has her first ballet shoes
  • consérvese en el frigorífico -> keep refrigerated (en etiqueta)
conservarse
pronomial verb
1. to keep (alimento)
2. (persona)
  • se conserva bien -> he's keeping well
  • se conserva muy joven -> she keeps herself looking very young
3. to survive (subsistir)
  • no se conserva ningún escrito de esa época -> there are no surviving documents from that time, no document has survived from that time

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conservar [con-ser-var’]
article & verb transitive
1. To conserve, to maintain, to preserve, to keep, to hold.
2. To guard, to observe, to continue.
3. To preserve or pickle fruit.
  • Conservo varias cartas suyas -> I have a few letters of his
  • Conserva todavía la señal -> he still has the mark
verb reflexive
4. To survive, to remain; to be retained, to be kept.
5. To keep (persona); to take good care of; conservar con salud, to keep well.

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Verb Conjugation for "conservar"

Infinitive
conservar
Gerund
conservando
Participle
conservado
Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo conservo conservé conservaba conservaré conserve
Tú conservas conservaste conservabas conservarás conserves
Ella/Él/Usted conserva conservó conservaba conservará conserve
Nosotros conservamos conservamos conservábamos conservaremos conservemos
Vosotros conserváis conservasteis conservabais conservaréis conservéis
Ellos/Ustedes conservan conservaron conservaban conservarán conserven
Complete conservar conjugation
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