mantenir

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mən.təˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [man.teˈniɾ]

Verb

mantenir (first-person singular present mantinc, first-person singular preterite mantinguí, past participle mantingut)

1. to maintain; to uphold; to keep going

Derived terms

• manteniment

Further reading

• “mantenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mantenir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mantenir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mantenir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Ido

Verb

(deprecated template usage) mantenir

1. past infinitive of mantenar

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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	—