manter

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese manteer, mantẽer, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“I hold”). Compare Portuguese manter and Spanish mantener.

• IPA^(key): /manˈteːɾ/

manter (first-person singular present manteño, first-person singular preterite mantiven, past participle mantido)
manter (first-person singular present mantenho, first-person singular preterite mantivem or mantive, past participle mantido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to keep
   • 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:

     Ai tontiño, porque iñoras
     o qu’he mantér casa e vida,
     que por ben que estea sortida,
     hai faltas a todas horas.
     O segundo, que teu pai
     pensa com’home de ben,
     e así por vergonza ten
     unha nora que non trai.
     Orasme, sobr’esto hai,
     que a dous parizós que teña,
     non tendes donde vos veña,
     cando ela non colla un mal.

     Oh, silly, because you don't know
     what it is to keep house and life,
     no matter how well stocked it is,
     there's lack at all hours.
     Second, your father
     thinks like a good man,
     and to his shame he has
     a daughter-in-law who doesn't bear.
     However, on this matter,
     with just two childbirths that she has,
     you'll be left resourceless,
     and that if she doesn't get sick.

2. to maintain, to preserve

   Synonym: conservar

3. to sustain

   Synonyms: soster, termar

4. to nourish, feed

   Synonyms: alimentar, soster

• mantenza
• mantíbel
• mantido

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “manter”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “manter”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manter”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “manter”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “manter” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manter”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From French menteur.

manter

1. liar (masculine)

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

From Old Galician-Portuguese manteer, mantẽer, from Late Latin manūtenēre (“to support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”). Compare Galician manter, Spanish mantener, French maintenir, Italian mantenere.

• Hyphenation: man‧ter

manter (first-person singular present mantenho, first-person singular preterite mantive, past participle mantido)

1. to keep, maintain
2. to hold, sustain, support
3. (reflexive) to keep (to continue doing something)

   Synonyms: continuar, seguir

For quotations using this term, see Citations:manter.

• mão
• ter

From French menteur.

manter

1. liar (masculine)

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français