preserve
/pɹəˈzɝv/ verbo B1En español: preservar, conservar
- To protect; to keep from harm or injury. · Every people has the right to preserve its identity and culture.
- To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage. · to preserve peaches or grapes
- To maintain throughout; to keep intact. · to preserve appearances; to preserve silence· I preserved a composed manner throughout the interrogation.
He/she/it preserves · Pasado preserved · Participio pasado preserved · Forma en -ing preserving
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- preserve
- He/she/it
- preserves
- Pasado
- preserved
- Participio pasado
- preserved
- Forma en -ing
- preserving
De la biblioteca
Preserve me from a sly child, that’s what.
In vain she nibbled at the bread and butter and pecked at the crab-apple preserve out of the little scalloped glass dish by her plate.
Diana preserved a discreet silence, but she and Anne exchanged furtive smiles of guilty amusement across the table.
Elizabeth preserved as steady a silence as either Mrs.
Otras coincidencias
Aprende preserve en textos reales
Con una cuenta gratuita, pasa el cursor sobre cualquier palabra de la biblioteca para ver su significado, escúchala en voz alta, guarda palabras para repasarlas al ritmo de tu memoria y descubre cuánto de cada libro ya conoces.