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sustentar

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin sustentāre.

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sustentar (first-person singular present sustento, first-person singular preterite sustentí, past participle sustentat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

  1. (transitive) to sustain (to provide for or nourish)
  2. (transitive) to sustain (to keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support)

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin sustentāre.

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    • Hyphenation: sus‧ten‧tar

    Verb

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    sustentar (first-person singular present sustento, first-person singular preterite sustentei, past participle sustentado)

    1. (transitive) to sustain
    2. (transitive) to support, underpin

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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin sustentāre.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /sustenˈtaɾ/ [sus.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
      • Rhymes: -aɾ
      • Syllabification: sus‧ten‧tar

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      sustentar (first-person singular present sustento, first-person singular preterite sustenté, past participle sustentado)

      1. (transitive) to sustain, support, underpin (physically)
        Synonym: sostener
      2. (transitive) to sustain, support, hold (i.e. provide resources)
      3. (transitive, figuratively) to support, underpin, uphold
      4. (reflexive) to be supported, be underpinned, be sustained
        • 2017 May 25, -, “El sagrado derecho de decir que no”, in El Nacional[1]:
          un profesor como ese podría echar por tierra “los principios” sobre los cuales se sustenta el resentimiento encumbrado.
          a teacher like that could overthrow "the principles" on which high resentment is based.

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