reserva

See also: reservá and réserva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /rəˈzeɾ.və/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /rəˈzer.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /reˈzeɾ.va/

Noun

reserva f (plural reserves)

1. reserve

Latin

Verb

reservā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of reservō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈzɛʁ.vɐ/ [heˈzɛɦ.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈzɛʁ.vɐ/ [heˈzɛɦ.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈzɛɾ.vɐ/ [heˈzɛɾ.vɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈzɛʁ.vɐ/ [χeˈzɛʁ.vɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈzɛɻ.va/ [heˈzɛɻ.va]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈzɛɾ.vɐ/

• Hyphenation: re‧ser‧va

Etymology 1

Noun

reserva f (plural reservas)

1. reserve (the act of reserving, or keeping back)
2. reserve (that which is reserved as for future use)
3. reserve (unexploited natural resource)
4. reserve (tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose)
5. reserve (tract of land reserved for aboriginal people)
6. (military) reserve (body of troops in the rear of an army)
7. booking (a reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel)
8. stockpile (supply for future use)

Synonyms

• (reserve, booking): reservação
• (stockpile): estoque

Noun

reserva m or f by sense (plural reservas)

1. (sports) reserve (player who does not participate from the start of the game)

Etymology 2

Verb

reserva

1. inflection of reservar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈseɾba/ [reˈseɾ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eɾba
• Syllabification: re‧ser‧va

Noun

reserva f (plural reservas)

1. reservation, booking (arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance)

   Los agentes de viajes cancelaron todas las reservas para el vuelo de la tarde.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Synonym: reservación

2. a reserve, reservation, preserve, sanctuary (area protected for a specific reason)
   • 2005, Martin Gardner (translated by Luis Bou Garcia), Huevos, nudos y otras mistificaciones matemáticas, page 74:

     Esta reserva de aire es importante, porque el embrión la utiliza para hinchar sus pulomes por primera vez y puede morir si no existe.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

3. reserve (for game or hunting)
4. (military) reserve (armed forces in non-active duty)
5. (sports) reserve (part of the team that doesn't start)
6. reserve, supply, stock, stockpile, store, standby (something saved for future use)
7. pool (e.g. talent pool, gene pool, pool of experts, pool of available workers)
8. secrecy (i.e. discretion, confidence)
9. (formal) caveat

   Synonym: advertencia

Usage notes

Reserva is the exclusive word for "reservation" or "booking" in Spain. In many Latin American countries, however, they use both reserva and reservación.

Hyponyms

• reserva biológica (“biological reserve”)
• reserva india (“Indian reservation”), reserva indígena (“indigenous reserve”)
• reserva nacional (“national reserve”)
• reserva natural

Derived terms

• sin reservas (“unreservedly, wholeheartedly, without reservation, without reserve, without qualification; unqualified, unreserved, unmodified”)
• a reserva de (“subject to”)
• copia de reserva
• de reserva (“reserve, standby, backup”) (adj.)

Verb

reserva

1. inflection of reservar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “reserva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014