mantenere

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin manūtenēre (“to support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”). By surface analysis, mano +‎ tenere. Compare French maintenir, Spanish mantener, Portuguese manter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /man.teˈne.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: man‧te‧né‧re

Verb

mantenére (first-person singular present mantèngo, first-person singular past historic manténni or mantènni, past participle mantenùto, first-person singular future manterrò, auxiliary avére)

  1. to maintain, to keep
  2. to conserve
  3. to support (someone) financially or materially
  4. to govern
  5. to hold, to defend (a political possession, conquered territory, etc.)
  6. to uphold, to respect (a commitment, secret, etc.)
  7. (now southern Italy) to hold (something) in one's hand

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mantenére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive mantenére
auxiliary verb avére gerund mantenèndo
present participle mantenènte past participle mantenùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mantèngo mantièni, mantiéni mantiène, mantiéne manteniàmo mantenéte mantèngono
imperfect mantenévo mantenévi mantenéva mantenevàmo mantenevàte mantenévano
past historic manténni, mantènni mantenésti manténne, mantènne mantenémmo mantenéste manténnero, mantènnero
future manterrò manterrài manterrà manterrémo manterréte manterrànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present manterrèi manterrésti manterrèbbe, manterrébbe manterrémmo manterréste manterrèbbero, manterrébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present mantènga mantènga mantènga manteniàmo manteniàte mantèngano
imperfect mantenéssi mantenéssi mantenésse mantenéssimo mantenéste mantenéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
mantièni, mantiéni mantènga manteniàmo mantenéte mantèngano
negative imperative non mantenére non mantènga non manteniàmo non mantenéte non mantèngano

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