conservar
to preserve
verb kohn-sehr-BAHR Less Common
Origin: From Latin conservare.
Also means
to keep; to maintain
Usage Note
Conservar covers both physical preservation (conservar los alimentos - to preserve food) and abstract maintenance (conservar la calma - to keep calm). The noun is conservación and the adjective conservador (which also means politically 'conservative'). Note the v is pronounced like b in Spanish.
Examples
"Es importante conservar el medio ambiente."
Natural Translation
It is important to preserve the environment.

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