SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

conservar

to conserve

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

conservar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconservo
túconservas
él / ella / ustedconserva
nosotros / nosotrasconservamos
vosotros / vosotrasconserváis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconservan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

conservar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconservé
túconservaste
él / ella / ustedconservó
nosotros / nosotrasconservamos
vosotros / vosotrasconservasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconservaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

conservar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconservaba
túconservabas
él / ella / ustedconservaba
nosotros / nosotrasconservábamos
vosotros / vosotrasconservabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconservaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

conservar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconservaré
túconservarás
él / ella / ustedconservará
nosotros / nosotrasconservaremos
vosotros / vosotrasconservaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconservarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

conservar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconservaría
túconservarías
él / ella / ustedconservaría
nosotros / nosotrasconservaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasconservaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconservarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

conservar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconserve
túconserves
él / ella / ustedconserve
nosotros / nosotrasconservemos
vosotros / vosotrasconservéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconserven

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to conserve
  • to preserve, retain.

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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