conservador

Catalan

Etymology

From conservar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.sər.bəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.sər.vəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.seɾ.vaˈðoɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Adjective

conservador (feminine conservadora, masculine plural conservadors, feminine plural conservadores)

1. conservative (political ideology)
2. conserving

Derived terms

• conservadorisme

Noun

conservador m (plural conservadors, feminine conservadora, feminine plural conservadores)

1. conserver
2. conservative

Further reading

• “conservador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Adjective

conservador (feminine conservadora, masculine plural conservadores, feminine plural conservadoras)

1. (politics) conservative (supporting or relating to conservatism)

Derived terms

• conservadorismo

Noun

conservador m (plural conservadores, feminine conservadora, feminine plural conservadoras)

1. conservative (one who favours the status quo)

Related terms

• conservar

Further reading

• “conservador”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From conservar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.seɦ.vaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.seɦ.vaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.seɾ.vaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.seʁ.vaˈdoʁ/ [kõ.seʁ.vaˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõ.seɻ.vaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.sɨɾ.vɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.sɨɾ.vɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.sɨɾ.vɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.sɨɾ.vɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.sɨɾ.bɐˈdoɾ/ [kõ.sɨɾ.βɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.sɨɾ.vɐˈdo.ɾi/ [kõ.sɨɾ.vɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: con‧ser‧va‧dor

Adjective

conservador (feminine conservadora, masculine plural conservadores, feminine plural conservadoras)

1. which conserves, preserves
2. conservative (based on pessimistic assumptions)
3. (politics) conservative (supporting or relating to conservatism)

Derived terms

• conservadorismo

Noun

conservador m (plural conservadores, feminine conservadora, feminine plural conservadoras)

1. conservative (one who favours the status quo)
2. (law) registrar
   • 1997, Governor of Macau, “Decree Law 54/97/M of 28 November”, in Official Journal of Macau‎^[1], page 1619:

     As competências do conservador e notário são as reguladas na lei.

     The powers of registrar and notary are regulated by law.

Further reading

• “conservador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “conservador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From conservar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konseɾbaˈdoɾ/ [kõn.seɾ.β̞aˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: con‧ser‧va‧dor

Adjective

conservador (feminine conservadora, masculine plural conservadores, feminine plural conservadoras)

1. conservative
   • 2023 July 8, Christian Edwards, Mick Krever, Hira Humayun, Chris Lau, “El Gobierno de los Países Bajos colapsa por una disputa sobre la política de inmigración”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     La decisión fue provocada por las diferencias entre el partido conservador VVD de Rutte y sus contrapartes de la coalición sobre las medidas para limitar el flujo de solicitantes de asilo al país.

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Derived terms

• archiconservador
• conservadoramente

Noun

conservador m (plural conservadores, feminine conservadora, feminine plural conservadoras)

1. conserver

Related terms

• conservar

Further reading

• “conservador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025