reserva

See also: reservá and réserva

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈzer.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈzer.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈzeɾ.va]

Noun

reserva f (plural reserves)

1. reserve

Etymology 2

Verb

reserva

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

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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈzɛɾ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈzɛɾ.bɐ/ [ʁɨˈzɛɾ.βɐ]

• 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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from reservar.

Noun

reserva f (plural reservas)

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

   Synonym: reservación

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

   The travel agents canceled all reservations for the afternoon flight.

2. a reserve, reservation, preserve, sanctuary (area protected for a specific reason)
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)
   • 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.

     This supply of air is important, because the embryo uses it to fill its lungs for the first time and may die without it.

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 de la biosfera
• reserva india (“Indian reservation”), reserva indígena (“indigenous reserve”)
• reserva nacional (“national reserve”)
• reserva natural

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 2

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28