mantenimiento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish mantener

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -imiento

Spanish mantenimiento

From mantener + -imiento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manteniˈmjento/ [mãn̪.t̪e.niˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: man‧te‧ni‧mien‧to

Noun

mantenimiento m (plural mantenimientos)

1. maintenance

   Synonym: manutención

2. support

   Synonyms: apoyo, respaldo

Derived terms

• mantenimiento de la paz

Related terms

• mantener

Further reading

• “mantenimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025