mantener

(Englisch)

  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

Frequenz

A2
Mit Bindestrich als
man‧te‧ner
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/manteˈneɾ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

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.

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