servar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto servi, from English serve, French servir, German servieren, Italian servire, Spanish servir, from Latin servīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ser.ˈvar/, /sɛɾ.ˈvaɾ/

Verb

servar (present tense servas, past tense servis, future tense servos, imperative servez, conditional servus)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to serve, be of service to, tend

Conjugation

Conjugation of servar

		present		past		future
infinitive		servar		servir		servor
tense		servas		servis		servos
conditional		servus		—		—
imperative		servez		—		—
adjective active participle		servanta		servinta		servonta
adverbial active participle		servante		servinte		servonte
nominal active participle	singular	servanto		servinto		servonto
	plural	servanti		servinti		servonti
adjective passive participle		servata		servita		servota
adverbial passive participle		servate		servite		servote
nominal passive participle	singular	servato		servito		servoto
	plural	servati		serviti		servoti

Derived terms

• servo (“service”)
• servisto (“servant, henchman, menial, hostler”)
• servistaro (“household, establishment”)
• servado (“service”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

servar

1. present of serva

Noun

servar m

1. indefinite plural of serve

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin servō, servāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɾˈbaɾ/ [seɾˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ser‧var

Verb

servar (first-person singular present servo, first-person singular preterite servé, past participle servado)

1. (obsolete) to keep, to save

Conjugation

    Conjugation of servar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			servar
gerund			servando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		servado		servada
		plural		servados		servadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	servo	servastú servásvos	serva	servamos	serváis	servan
	imperfect	servaba	servabas	servaba	servábamos	servabais	servaban
	preterite	servé	servaste	servó	servamos	servasteis	servaron
	future	servaré	servarás	servará	servaremos	servaréis	servarán
	conditional	servaría	servarías	servaría	servaríamos	servaríais	servarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	serve	servestú servésvos2	serve	servemos	servéis	serven
	imperfect (ra)	servara	servaras	servara	serváramos	servarais	servaran
	imperfect (se)	servase	servases	servase	servásemos	servaseis	servasen
	future1	servare	servares	servare	serváremos	servareis	servaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		servatú servávos	serve	servemos	servad	serven
	negative		no serves	no serve	no servemos	no servéis	no serven

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of servar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive servar	dative	servarme	servarte	servarle, servarse	servarnos	servaros	servarles, servarse
	accusative	servarme	servarte	servarlo, servarla, servarse	servarnos	servaros	servarlos, servarlas, servarse
with gerund servando	dative	servándome	servándote	servándole, servándose	servándonos	servándoos	servándoles, servándose
	accusative	servándome	servándote	servándolo, servándola, servándose	servándonos	servándoos	servándolos, servándolas, servándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative serva	dative	sérvame	sérvate	sérvale	sérvanos	not used	sérvales
	accusative	sérvame	sérvate	sérvalo, sérvala	sérvanos	not used	sérvalos, sérvalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative servá	dative	servame	servate	servale	servanos	not used	servales
	accusative	servame	servate	servalo, servala	servanos	not used	servalos, servalas
with formal second-person singular imperative serve	dative	sérveme	not used	sérvele, sérvese	sérvenos	not used	sérveles
	accusative	sérveme	not used	sérvelo, sérvela, sérvese	sérvenos	not used	sérvelos, sérvelas
with first-person plural imperative servemos	dative	not used	servémoste	servémosle	servémonos	servémoos	servémosles
	accusative	not used	servémoste	servémoslo, servémosla	servémonos	servémoos	servémoslos, servémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative servad	dative	servadme	not used	servadle	servadnos	servaos	servadles
	accusative	servadme	not used	servadlo, servadla	servadnos	servaos	servadlos, servadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative serven	dative	sérvenme	not used	sérvenle	sérvennos	not used	sérvenles, sérvense
	accusative	sérvenme	not used	sérvenlo, sérvenla	sérvennos	not used	sérvenlos, sérvenlas, sérvense

Related terms

• conservar
• observar

Further reading

• “servar”, 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

Swedish

Noun

servar

1. indefinite plural of serve

Verb

servar

1. present indicative of serva

Anagrams

• revars