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sostenere

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Italian

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Etymology

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    From Latin sustinēre.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /sos.teˈne.re/
    • Rhymes: -ere
    • Hyphenation: so‧ste‧né‧re
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    Verb

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    sostenére (first-person singular present sostèngo, first-person singular past historic sosténni or sostènni, past participle sostenùto, first-person singular future sosterrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

    1. to support, to hold up, to prop, to carry the weight of
      Synonym: reggere
    2. to sustain, to bear, to stand, to suffer
      Synonyms: subire, sopportare
    3. to support, to back, to stand up for, to uphold, to defend, to cheer up
      Synonym: appoggiare
    4. to state, to assert, to claim, to maintain
      Synonyms: affermare, proclamare
    5. (theater) to play, to act
    6. (philosophy) to be the arche of
      • (Can we date this quote?), Translation of Anaximenes' Fragment 2:
        Come l'anima nostra, che è aria, ci sostiene, così il soffio e l'aria circondano il mondo intero.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Conjugation

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    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • sostenere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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