sostener

Betekenis

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

Koppelteken as

sos‧te‧ner

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sosteˈneɾ/

Etimologie

Inherited from Latin sustinēre.