sustentar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sustentāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

sustentar (first-person singular present sustento, first-person singular preterite sustentí, past participle sustentat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to sustain (to provide for or nourish)
  2. (transitive) to sustain (to keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sustentar (first conjugation)
infinitive sustentar
gerund sustentant
past participle masculine feminine
singular sustentat sustentada
plural sustentats sustentades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present sustento sustentes sustenta sustentem sustenteu sustenten
imperfect sustentava sustentaves sustentava sustentàvem sustentàveu sustentaven
future sustentaré sustentaràs sustentarà sustentarem sustentareu sustentaran
preterite sustentí sustentares sustentà sustentàrem sustentàreu sustentaren
conditional sustentaria sustentaries sustentaria sustentaríem sustentaríeu sustentarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present sustenti sustentis sustenti sustentem sustenteu sustentin
imperfect sustentés sustentessis sustentés sustentéssim sustentéssiu sustentessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — sustenta sustenti sustentem sustenteu sustentin
negative (no) — no sustentis no sustenti no sustentem no sustenteu no sustentin

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sustentāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: sus‧ten‧tar

Verb

sustentar (first-person singular present sustento, first-person singular preterite sustentei, past participle sustentado)

  1. (transitive) to sustain
  2. (transitive) to support, underpin

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sustentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal sustentar
Personal sustentar sustentares sustentar sustentarmos sustentardes sustentarem
Gerund
sustentando
Past participle
Masculine sustentado sustentados
Feminine sustentada sustentadas
Indicative
Present sustento sustentas sustenta sustentamos sustentais sustentam
Imperfect sustentava sustentavas sustentava sustentávamos sustentáveis sustentavam
Preterite sustentei sustentaste sustentou sustentamos1, sustentámos2 sustentastes sustentaram
Pluperfect sustentara sustentaras sustentara sustentáramos sustentáreis sustentaram
Future sustentarei sustentarás sustentará sustentaremos sustentareis sustentarão
Conditional sustentaria sustentarias sustentaria sustentaríamos sustentaríeis sustentariam
Subjunctive
Present sustente sustentes sustente sustentemos sustenteis sustentem
Imperfect sustentasse sustentasses sustentasse sustentássemos sustentásseis sustentassem
Future sustentar sustentares sustentar sustentarmos sustentardes sustentarem
Imperative
Affirmative sustenta sustente sustentemos sustentai sustentem
Negative (não) não sustentes não sustente não sustentemos não sustenteis não sustentem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sustentāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sustenˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: sus‧ten‧tar

Verb

sustentar (first-person singular present sustento, first-person singular preterite sustenté, past participle sustentado)

  1. (transitive) to sustain, support, underpin (physically)
  2. (transitive) to sustain, support, hold (i.e. provide resources)
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to support, underpin, uphold
  4. (reflexive) to be supported, be underpinned, be sustained
    • 2017 May 25, -, “El sagrado derecho de decir que no”, in El Nacional‎:
      un profesor como ese podría echar por tierra “los principios” sobre los cuales se sustenta el resentimiento encumbrado.
      a teacher like that could overthrow "the principles" on which high resentment is based.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sustentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive sustentar
gerund sustentando
past participle masculine feminine
singular sustentado sustentada
plural sustentados sustentadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sustento sustentastú
sustentásvos 		sustenta sustentamos sustentáis sustentan
imperfect sustentaba sustentabas sustentaba sustentábamos sustentabais sustentaban
preterite sustenté sustentaste sustentó sustentamos sustentasteis sustentaron
future sustentaré sustentarás sustentará sustentaremos sustentaréis sustentarán
conditional sustentaría sustentarías sustentaría sustentaríamos sustentaríais sustentarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sustente sustentestú
sustentésvos2 		sustente sustentemos sustentéis sustenten
imperfect
(ra) 		sustentara sustentaras sustentara sustentáramos sustentarais sustentaran
imperfect
(se) 		sustentase sustentases sustentase sustentásemos sustentaseis sustentasen
future1 sustentare sustentares sustentare sustentáremos sustentareis sustentaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative sustentatú
sustentávos 		sustente sustentemos sustentad sustenten
negative no sustentes no sustente no sustentemos no sustentéis no sustenten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sustentar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive sustentar
dative sustentarme sustentarte sustentarle, sustentarse sustentarnos sustentaros sustentarles, sustentarse
accusative sustentarme sustentarte sustentarlo, sustentarla, sustentarse sustentarnos sustentaros sustentarlos, sustentarlas, sustentarse
with gerund sustentando
dative sustentándome sustentándote sustentándole, sustentándose sustentándonos sustentándoos sustentándoles, sustentándose
accusative sustentándome sustentándote sustentándolo, sustentándola, sustentándose sustentándonos sustentándoos sustentándolos, sustentándolas, sustentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sustenta
dative susténtame susténtate susténtale susténtanos not used susténtales
accusative susténtame susténtate susténtalo, susténtala susténtanos not used susténtalos, susténtalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sustentá
dative sustentame sustentate sustentale sustentanos not used sustentales
accusative sustentame sustentate sustentalo, sustentala sustentanos not used sustentalos, sustentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sustente
dative susténteme not used susténtele, susténtese susténtenos not used susténteles
accusative susténteme not used susténtelo, susténtela, susténtese susténtenos not used susténtelos, susténtelas
with first-person plural imperative sustentemos
dative not used sustentémoste sustentémosle sustentémonos sustentémoos sustentémosles
accusative not used sustentémoste sustentémoslo, sustentémosla sustentémonos sustentémoos sustentémoslos, sustentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sustentad
dative sustentadme not used sustentadle sustentadnos sustentaos sustentadles
accusative sustentadme not used sustentadlo, sustentadla sustentadnos sustentaos sustentadlos, sustentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sustenten
dative susténtenme not used susténtenle susténtennos not used susténtenles, susténtense
accusative susténtenme not used susténtenlo, susténtenla susténtennos not used susténtenlos, susténtenlas, susténtense

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