manutenir

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.nu.teˈni(ʁ)/ [ma.nu.teˈni(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.nu.teˈni(ʁ)/ [ma.nu.teˈni(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.nu.teˈni(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.nu.teˈni(ʁ)/ [ma.nu.teˈni(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ma.nu.teˈni(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.nu.tɨˈniɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.nu.tɨˈniɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.nu.tɨˈni.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧te‧nir

Verb

manutenir (first-person singular present manuteno, first-person singular preterite manuteni, past participle manutenido)

1. to maintain (to uphold a state)

   Synonym: manter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manutenir (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	manutenir
Personal	manutenir	manutenires	manutenir	manutenirmos	manutenirdes	manutenirem
Gerund
	manutenindo
Past participle
Masculine	manutenido			manutenidos
Feminine	manutenida			manutenidas
Indicative
Present	manuteno	manutenes	manutene	manutenimos	manutenis	manutenem
Imperfect	manutenia	manutenias	manutenia	manuteníamos	manuteníeis	manuteniam
Preterite	manuteni	manuteniste	manuteniu	manutenimos	manutenistes	manuteniram
Pluperfect	manutenira	manuteniras	manutenira	manuteníramos	manuteníreis	manuteniram
Future	manutenirei	manutenirás	manutenirá	manuteniremos	manutenireis	manutenirão
Conditional	manuteniria	manutenirias	manuteniria	manuteniríamos	manuteniríeis	manuteniriam
Subjunctive
Present	manutena	manutenas	manutena	manutenamos	manutenais	manutenam
Imperfect	manutenisse	manutenisses	manutenisse	manuteníssemos	manutenísseis	manutenissem
Future	manutenir	manutenires	manutenir	manutenirmos	manutenirdes	manutenirem
Imperative
Affirmative		manutene	manutena	manutenamos	manuteni	manutenam
Negative (não)		não manutenas	não manutena	não manutenamos	não manutenais	não manutenam

Further reading

• “manutenir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “manutenir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026