reservar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.zərˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.zərˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.zeɾˈvaɾ]

Verb

reservar (first-person singular present reservo, first-person singular preterite reserví, past participle reservat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/ (transitive)

1. to reserve, to book
2. to reserve, to store in reserve
3. to reserve (judgment) (to stay silent)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reservar (first conjugation)

infinitive			reservar
gerund			reservant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reservat		reservada
		plural		reservats		reservades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reservo	reserves	reserva	reservem	reserveu	reserven
	imperfect	reservava	reservaves	reservava	reservàvem	reservàveu	reservaven
	future	reservaré	reservaràs	reservarà	reservarem	reservareu	reservaran
	preterite	reserví	reservares	reservà	reservàrem	reservàreu	reservaren
	conditional	reservaria	reservaries	reservaria	reservaríem	reservaríeu	reservarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reservi	reservis	reservi	reservem	reserveu	reservin
	imperfect	reservés	reservessis	reservés	reservéssim	reservéssiu	reservessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	reserva	reservi	reservem	reserveu	reservin
	negative (no)	—	no reservis	no reservi	no reservem	no reserveu	no reservin

Derived terms

• reserva

Further reading

• “reservar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

reservar m

1. indefinite plural of reserve

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zeʁˈva(ʁ)/ [he.zeɦˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zeʁˈva(ʁ)/ [he.zeɦˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zeɾˈva(ɾ)/ [he.zeɾˈva(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zeʁˈva(ʁ)/ [χe.zeʁˈva(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zeɻˈva(ɻ)/ [he.zeɻˈva(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zɨɾˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zɨɾˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zɨɾˈbaɾ/ [ʁɨ.zɨɾˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zɨɾˈva.ɾi/

• (Portugal, natural speech) IPA^(key): [ʁzɾˈvaɾ], [rzɾˈvaɾ]
• Hyphenation: re‧ser‧var

Verb

reservar (first-person singular present reservo, first-person singular preterite reservei, past participle reservado)

1. to reserve (to keep in store for future or special use)
2. to reserve (to book in advance)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reservar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	reservar
Personal	reservar	reservares	reservar	reservarmos	reservardes	reservarem
Gerund
	reservando
Past participle
Masculine	reservado			reservados
Feminine	reservada			reservadas
Indicative
Present	reservo	reservas	reserva	reservamos	reservais	reservam
Imperfect	reservava	reservavas	reservava	reservávamos	reserváveis	reservavam
Preterite	reservei	reservaste	reservou	reservamos1, reservámos2	reservastes	reservaram
Pluperfect	reservara	reservaras	reservara	reserváramos	reserváreis	reservaram
Future	reservarei	reservarás	reservará	reservaremos	reservareis	reservarão
Conditional	reservaria	reservarias	reservaria	reservaríamos	reservaríeis	reservariam
Subjunctive
Present	reserve	reserves	reserve	reservemos	reserveis	reservem
Imperfect	reservasse	reservasses	reservasse	reservássemos	reservásseis	reservassem
Future	reservar	reservares	reservar	reservarmos	reservardes	reservarem
Imperative
Affirmative		reserva	reserve	reservemos	reservai	reservem
Negative (não)		não reserves	não reserve	não reservemos	não reserveis	não reservem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Descendants

• Hunsrik: rësërveere

Further reading

• “reservar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reservāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reseɾˈbaɾ/ [re.seɾˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ser‧var

Verb

reservar (first-person singular present reservo, first-person singular preterite reservé, past participle reservado)

1. to reserve, keep, save
2. to put aside, set aside
3. to put off, postpone
4. to exempt, exonerate
5. to conceal, keep secret
6. to book
7. (reflexive) to reserve, to retain (one's right to something or one's judgment/opinion)
8. (reflexive) to be reserved, to be set aside

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reservar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			reservar
gerund			reservando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reservado		reservada
		plural		reservados		reservadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reservo	reservastú reservásvos	reserva	reservamos	reserváis	reservan
	imperfect	reservaba	reservabas	reservaba	reservábamos	reservabais	reservaban
	preterite	reservé	reservaste	reservó	reservamos	reservasteis	reservaron
	future	reservaré	reservarás	reservará	reservaremos	reservaréis	reservarán
	conditional	reservaría	reservarías	reservaría	reservaríamos	reservaríais	reservarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reserve	reservestú reservésvos2	reserve	reservemos	reservéis	reserven
	imperfect (ra)	reservara	reservaras	reservara	reserváramos	reservarais	reservaran
	imperfect (se)	reservase	reservases	reservase	reservásemos	reservaseis	reservasen
	future1	reservare	reservares	reservare	reserváremos	reservareis	reservaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reservatú reservávos	reserve	reservemos	reservad	reserven
	negative		no reserves	no reserve	no reservemos	no reservéis	no reserven

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of reservar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive reservar
	dative	reservarme	reservarte	reservarle, reservarse	reservarnos	reservaros	reservarles, reservarse
	accusative	reservarme	reservarte	reservarlo, reservarla, reservarse	reservarnos	reservaros	reservarlos, reservarlas, reservarse
with gerund reservando
	dative	reservándome	reservándote	reservándole, reservándose	reservándonos	reservándoos	reservándoles, reservándose
	accusative	reservándome	reservándote	reservándolo, reservándola, reservándose	reservándonos	reservándoos	reservándolos, reservándolas, reservándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reserva
	dative	resérvame	resérvate	resérvale	resérvanos	not used	resérvales
	accusative	resérvame	resérvate	resérvalo, resérvala	resérvanos	not used	resérvalos, resérvalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reservá
	dative	reservame	reservate	reservale	reservanos	not used	reservales
	accusative	reservame	reservate	reservalo, reservala	reservanos	not used	reservalos, reservalas
with formal second-person singular imperative reserve
	dative	resérveme	not used	resérvele, resérvese	resérvenos	not used	resérveles
	accusative	resérveme	not used	resérvelo, resérvela, resérvese	resérvenos	not used	resérvelos, resérvelas
with first-person plural imperative reservemos
	dative	not used	reservémoste	reservémosle	reservémonos	reservémoos	reservémosles
	accusative	not used	reservémoste	reservémoslo, reservémosla	reservémonos	reservémoos	reservémoslos, reservémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reservad
	dative	reservadme	not used	reservadle	reservadnos	reservaos	reservadles
	accusative	reservadme	not used	reservadlo, reservadla	reservadnos	reservaos	reservadlos, reservadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reserven
	dative	resérvenme	not used	resérvenle	resérvennos	not used	resérvenles, resérvense
	accusative	resérvenme	not used	resérvenlo, resérvenla	resérvennos	not used	resérvenlos, resérvenlas, resérvense

Related terms

• reserva
• reservación
• reservado
• reservarse

 

Further reading

• “reservar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28