mantener

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) to keep
2. (transitive) to maintain, to support
3. (transitive) to sustain, to preserve, to retain, to uphold
4. (transitive) to maintain, continue, to keep up
5. (transitive) to stay, to remain
6. (reflexive) to maintain, to keep, to stay, to remain
7. (reflexive) to stand, to hold, to remain, to continue (e.g. hold firm, stand strong, stand together, stand on one's feet)
8. (reflexive) to stick to (e.g. stick to one's guns)
9. (reflexive) to be maintained, to be retained, to be sustained

Koppelteken as

man‧te‧ner

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/manteˈneɾ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Inherited from Late Latin manūtenēre (“to support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”). Equivalent to mano + tener. Compare Galician and Portuguese manter, French maintenir, Italian mantenere.

Sinne

El objetivo principal fue mantener la categoría y así se dieron las cosas .

The main objective was to maintain the category and that's how things went.