Meaning
to keep, to preserve
- to keep, preserve, retain, conserve, hold, save
- to cherish, treasure, keep
- to preserve, bottle, can, tin, pot (of food)
In a sentence
Conservo ancora le foto del nostro viaggio.
I still keep the photos from our trip.
Hai conservato il sugo in frigo?
Did you keep the sauce in the fridge?
Non conservare tutto, butta le cose vecchie.
Don't keep everything, throw away the old things.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| conservare | infinitive |
| conserviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| conservo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| conservate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| conservi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| conservano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| conserva | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| conservavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| conservavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| conservavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| conservavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| conservavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| conservava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| conservammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| conservai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| conservaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| conservasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| conservarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| conservò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| conserveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| conserverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| conserverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| conserverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| conserveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| conserverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| conserviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| conservi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| conserviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| conservi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| conservino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| conservi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| conservassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| conservassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| conservaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| conservassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| conservassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| conservasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| conserveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| conserverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| conservereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| conserveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| conserverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| conserverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| conserviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| conservate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| conserva | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| conservando | gerund |
| conservato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'conservare' for keeping things in their current state; 'mantenere' implies active effort to sustain something.
- Common mistake: Don’t use 'conservare' for saving money—use 'risparmiare' instead.
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary in compound tenses (e.g., 'ho conservato').