mantener

Meaning

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

Concepts

maintain

keep

hold

preserve

keep up

sustain

support

uphold

feed

conserve

hold up

continue

buoy

servic

keep in

assert

service

abide

keep alive

affirm

assure

create

establish

found

install

set

stabilize

take care of

keep down

hold on

hold down

bear on

carry on

stand

steer

upkeep

entertain

have

correspond

capture

engage

retain

save

withhold

Hyphenated as

man‧te‧ner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/manteˈneɾ/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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.