mantenir

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mantenir, from Vulgar Latin *mantenīre, infinitive of *manteniō (“to support”), variant of Late Latin manuteneō, corresponding to Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mantenir (first-person singular present mantinc, first-person singular preterite mantinguí, past participle mantingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

  1. to maintain; to uphold; to keep going

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mantenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive mantenir
gerund mantenint
past participle masculine feminine
singular mantingut mantinguda
plural mantinguts mantingudes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present mantinc mantens manté mantenim manteniu mantenen
imperfect mantenia mantenies mantenia manteníem manteníeu mantenien
future mantindré mantindràs mantindrà mantindrem mantindreu mantindran
preterite mantinguí mantingueres mantingué mantinguérem mantinguéreu mantingueren
conditional mantindria mantindries mantindria mantindríem mantindríeu mantindrien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present mantingui mantinguis mantingui mantinguem mantingueu mantinguin
imperfect mantingués mantinguessis mantingués mantinguéssim mantinguéssiu mantinguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — mantén, mantingues mantingui mantinguem manteniu, mantingueu mantinguin
negative (no) — no mantinguis no mantingui no mantinguem no mantingueu no mantinguin

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Ido

Verb

mantenir

  1. past infinitive of mantenar

Ladin

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mantenīre, infinitive of *manteniō (“I support”), variant of Late Latin manuteneō, corresponding to Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“I hold”).

Verb

mantenir

  1. To maintain

Conjugation

  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of mantenir (fourth conjugation)
infinitive mantenir, mantenì
auxiliary verb avei gerund mantenian
past participle mantenì
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie tu el / ela nos vos ei / eles
present mantene, mantenesce mantenes, mantenesces manten, mantenesc mantenion mantenieis manten, mantenesc
imperfect mantenive mantenives manteniva mantenivan mantenivais manteniva
future manteniré manteniras mantenirà manteniron mantenireis mantenirà
subjunctive che ie che tu che el / ela che nos che vos che ei / eles
present mantene, mantenesce mantenes, mantenesces mantene, mantenesce mantenion mantenieis mantene, mantenesce
imperfect mantenisse mantenisses mantenissa mantenissan mantenissais mantenissa
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— manten, mantenesc — mantenion mantenide —
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