Dictionary
mantener
Meaning
- to keep
- to maintain, to support
- to sustain, to preserve, to retain, to uphold
- to maintain, continue, to keep up
- to stay, to remain
- to maintain, to keep, to stay, to remain
- to stand, to hold, to remain, to continue (e.g. hold firm, stand strong, stand together, stand on one's feet)
- to stick to (e.g. stick to one's guns)
- to be maintained, to be retained, to be sustained
Hyphenated as
man‧te‧ner
Pronounced as (IPA)
/manteˈneɾ/
Inherited from Latin
manū
Cognate with French
maintenir
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