entretener

== Spanish == === Etymology === From entre +‎ tener. Compare French entretenir as well as English entertain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /entɾeteˈneɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪ɾe.t̪eˈneɾ] Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: en‧tre‧te‧ner === Verb === entretener (first-person singular present entretengo, first-person singular preterite entretuve, past participle entretenido) to entertain ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: entreter === Further reading === “entretener”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025