sustento

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See also: sustentó

Catalan

Verb

sustento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sustentar

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative verb of sustineō.

Pronunciation

Verb

sustentō (present infinitive sustentāre, perfect active sustentāvī, supine sustentātum); first conjugation

  1. to uphold, support, prop or sustain, maintain
    Synonyms: subsistō, sufferō, sustineō, teneō
  2. to maintain or preserve by food, money, or other means
    Synonyms: nūtriō, sagīnō, alō, pāscō, pāscor, foveō
  3. to keep in check, hold back, restrain
    Synonyms: inclūdō, interclūdō, intersaepiō, obstō, refrēnō, impediō, perimō, officiō, saepiō, coerceō, premō, reprimō, comprimō
    Antonyms: līberō, eximō, absolvō, excipiō, exonerō, ēmittō
  4. to bear, endure or hold out, suffer
    Synonyms: tolerō, patiō, sufferō, subeō, perferō, perpetior, recipiō, accipiō, sinō, ferō, dūrō, sustineō
  5. to put off, defer, delay
    Synonyms: retardō, moror, cūnctor, tardō, trahō, dubitō, extrahō
    Antonyms: ruō, accurrō, currō, festīnō, prōvolō, properō, corripiō, mātūrō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • sustento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sustento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sustento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to endure the pangs of hunger: famem tolerare, sustentare
    • to earn a precarious livelihood: vitam inopem sustentare, tolerare

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: sus‧ten‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from sustentar.

Noun

sustento m (plural sustentos)

  1. sustenance, support

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sustento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sustentar

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /susˈtento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: sus‧ten‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from sustentar.

Noun

sustento m (plural sustentos)

  1. sustenance
  2. person's livelihood
  3. support, help

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sustento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sustentar

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sustento.

Pronunciation

Noun

sustento (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. alimony; support
    Synonym: suporta
  2. provision of sustenance or support
    Synonyms: pagsustento, pagsusustento

Derived terms

Further reading

  • sustento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018