reservado

Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of reservar.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zeʁˈva.du/ [he.zeɦˈva.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zeɾˈva.du/ [he.zeɾˈva.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zeʁˈva.du/ [χe.zeʁˈva.du]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zeɻˈva.du/ [he.zeɻˈva.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zeʁˈva.do/ [he.zeɦˈva.do]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zɨɾˈva.du/ [ʁɨ.zɨɾˈva.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zɨɾˈva.du/ [ʁɨ.zɨɾˈva.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zɨɾˈba.du/ [ʁɨ.zɨɾˈβa.ðu]

• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: re‧ser‧va‧do

Adjective

reservado (feminine reservada, masculine plural reservados, feminine plural reservadas)

1. reserved (slow to reveal emotion or opinions)
2. reserved (set aside for later use)
3. concealed, hidden

   Synonyms: escondido, esconso, oculto

Participle

reservado (feminine reservada, masculine plural reservados, feminine plural reservadas)

1. past participle of reservar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of reservar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reseɾˈbado/ [re.seɾˈβ̞a.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: re‧ser‧va‧do

Adjective

reservado (feminine reservada, masculine plural reservados, feminine plural reservadas)

1. reserved
2. private, secretive

   Synonym: privado

3. discrete

   Synonym: discreto

Participle

reservado (feminine reservada, masculine plural reservados, feminine plural reservadas)

1. past participle of reservar

Further reading

• “reservado”, 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
• “reservado”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010