sostenere
Meaning
- (transitive) to support, to hold up, to prop, to carry the weight of
- (transitive) to sustain, to bear, to stand, to suffer
- (transitive) to support, to back, to stand up for, to uphold, to defend, to cheer up
- (transitive) to state, to assert, to claim, to maintain
- (transitive) to play, to act
- (transitive) to be the arche of
Concepts
take hold of
grab onto
Synonyms
far valere
portare in braccio
stringere fortemente
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
so‧ste‧né‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sos.teˈne.re/
Etymology
From Latin sustinēre.
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