Asturian
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Etymology
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Inherited from Latin sustinēre.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /sosteˈneɾ/ [sos.t̪eˈneɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: sos‧te‧ner
sostener (first-person singular present sostengo, first-person singular preterite sostuve, past participle sostenido)
- to hold, to hold up, to prop up, to sustain, to underpin (physically)
- to sustain, to support, to keep (i.e. to give continuity to)
- to support, to uphold, to hold, to sustain, to contend, to maintain, to argue, to claim, to underpin, to defend
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of sostener (irregular; e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive sostener
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dative
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sostenerme
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sostenerte
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sostenerle, sostenerse
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sostenernos
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sosteneros
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sostenerles, sostenerse
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accusative
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sostenerme
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sostenerte
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sostenerlo, sostenerla, sostenerse
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sostenernos
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sosteneros
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sostenerlos, sostenerlas, sostenerse
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with gerund sosteniendo
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dative
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sosteniéndome
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sosteniéndote
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sosteniéndole, sosteniéndose
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sosteniéndonos
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sosteniéndoos
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sosteniéndoles, sosteniéndose
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accusative
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sosteniéndome
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sosteniéndote
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sosteniéndolo, sosteniéndola, sosteniéndose
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sosteniéndonos
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sosteniéndoos
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sosteniéndolos, sosteniéndolas, sosteniéndose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative sostén
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dative
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sostenme
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sostente
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sostenle
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sostennos
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not used
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sostenles
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accusative
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sostenme
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sostente
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sostenlo, sostenla
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sostennos
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not used
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sostenlos, sostenlas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative sostené
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dative
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sosteneme
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sostenete
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sostenele
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sostenenos
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not used
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sosteneles
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accusative
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sosteneme
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sostenete
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sostenelo, sostenela
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sostenenos
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not used
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sostenelos, sostenelas
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with formal second-person singular imperative sostenga
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dative
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sosténgame
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not used
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sosténgale, sosténgase
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sosténganos
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not used
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sosténgales
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accusative
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sosténgame
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not used
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sosténgalo, sosténgala, sosténgase
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sosténganos
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not used
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sosténgalos, sosténgalas
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with first-person plural imperative sostengamos
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dative
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not used
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sostengámoste
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sostengámosle
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sostengámonos
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sostengámoos
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sostengámosles
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accusative
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not used
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sostengámoste
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sostengámoslo, sostengámosla
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sostengámonos
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sostengámoos
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sostengámoslos, sostengámoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative sostened
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dative
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sostenedme
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not used
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sostenedle
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sostenednos
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sosteneos
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sostenedles
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accusative
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sostenedme
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not used
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sostenedlo, sostenedla
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sostenednos
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sosteneos
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sostenedlos, sostenedlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative sostengan
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dative
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sosténganme
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not used
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sosténganle
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sosténgannos
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not used
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sosténganles, sosténganse
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accusative
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sosténganme
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not used
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sosténganlo, sosténganla
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sosténgannos
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not used
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sosténganlos, sosténganlas, sosténganse
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