sostenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

• sostindre

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *sustenīre, from Latin sustinēre, present active infinitive of sustineō.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /sos.təˈni/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /sus.təˈni/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sos.teˈniɾ/

Verb

sostenir (first-person singular present sostinc, past participle sostingut)

1. to sustain

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sostenir (second conjugation with velar infix, type tenir)

infinitive			sostenir
present participle			sostenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sostingut		sostinguda
		plural		sostinguts		sostingudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sostinc	sostens	sosté	sostenim	sosteniu	sostenen
	imperfect	sostenia	sostenies	sostenia	sosteníem	sosteníeu	sostenien
	future	sostindré	sostindràs	sostindrà	sostindrem	sostindreu	sostindran
	preterite	sostinguí	sostingueres	sostingué	sostinguérem	sostinguéreu	sostingueren
	conditional	sostindria	sostindries	sostindria	sostindríem	sostindríeu	sostindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sostingui	sostinguis	sostingui	sostinguem	sostingueu	sostinguin
	imperfect	sostingués	sostinguessis	sostingués	sostinguéssim	sostinguéssiu	sostinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	sosté	sostingui	sostinguem	sosteniu	sostinguin

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Old French

Verb

sostenir

1. Alternative form of soustenir