sostener

Inherited from Latin sustinēre.

• IPA^(key): /sosteˈneɾ/ [sos̪.t̪eˈneɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: sos‧te‧ner

sostener

1. to hold (to grasp)
2. to sustain

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• “sostener”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “sostener”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Inherited from Latin sustinēre.

• IPA^(key): /sosteˈneɾ/ [sos.t̪eˈneɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: sos‧te‧ner

sostener (first-person singular present sostengo, first-person singular preterite sostuve, past participle sostenido)

1. to hold, to hold up, to prop up, to sustain, to underpin (physically)
2. to sustain, to support, to keep (i.e. to give continuity to)
3. to support, to uphold, to hold, to sustain, to contend, to maintain, to argue, to claim, to underpin, to defend

• “sostener”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024