mantener
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to keep
- (transitive) to maintain, to support
- (transitive) to sustain, to preserve, to retain, to uphold
- (transitive) to maintain, continue, to keep up
- (transitive) to stay, to remain
- (reflexive) to maintain, to keep, to stay, to remain
- (reflexive) to stand, to hold, to remain, to continue e.g. hold firm, stand strong, stand together, stand on one's feet
- (reflexive) to stick to e.g. stick to one's guns
- (reflexive) to be maintained, to be retained, to be sustained
Etymology
Inherited from Latin manūtenēre, manuteneo, manūteneō, manū (with the hand, by hand).
Origin
Latin
manū
Gloss
with the hand, by hand
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- maintain English
- manus Latin
- manuteneo Latin
- manuteneō Latin
- manū Latin
- manūteneō Latin
- manūtenēre, manuteneo, manūteneō Latin
- mantenere Italian
- mantenibile Italian
- mantenimento Italian
- manutenere Italian
- main French
- maintenance French
- maintenant French
- mainteneur French
- maintenir French
- tenir French
- mantenimiento Spanish, Castilian
- manuscrito Spanish, Castilian
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- manter Portuguese
- mantimento Portuguese
- maintenant Old French
- maintenir Old French
- menține Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mantinir Cebuano
- manteer Old Portuguese
- mantener Asturian
- mantegner Venetian
- mantener Ladino
- manti Guinea-Bissau Creole