sostener
Meaning
- to hold, to hold up, to prop up, to sustain, to underpin (physically)
- to sustain, to support, to keep (i.e. to give continuity to)
- to support, to uphold, to hold, to sustain, to contend, to maintain, to argue, to claim, to underpin, to defend
Concepts
grab onto
take hold of
carry in one’s arms
bolster up
proceed with
put into order
allege
Synonyms
asir fuertemente
cargar con los brazos
cargar en brazos
llevar en los brazos
aferrarse or sujetar
llevar entre los brazos
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sos‧te‧ner
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sosteˈneɾ/
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