sostener
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- 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
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sustinēre.
Origin
Latin
sustinēre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *sustenīre Latin
- sustinēre Latin
- sustinēre, sustinere Latin
- sostenere Italian
- insostenible Spanish, Castilian
- sostenibilidad Spanish, Castilian
- sostenible Spanish, Castilian
- sosteniblemente Spanish, Castilian
- sustener Cebuano
- sostẽer Old Portuguese
- sostener Asturian