mantenere

== Italian == === Etymology === From Late Latin manūtenēre (“to support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”). By surface analysis, mano +‎ tenere. Compare French maintenir, Spanish mantener, Portuguese manter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /man.teˈne.re/ Rhymes: -ere Hyphenation: man‧te‧né‧re === Verb === mantenére (first-person singular present mantèngo, first-person singular past historic manténni or mantènni, past participle mantenùto, first-person singular future manterrò, auxiliary avére) to maintain, to keep to conserve to support (someone) financially or materially to govern to hold, to defend (a political possession, conquered territory, etc.) to uphold, to respect (a commitment, secret, etc.) (now southern Italy) to hold (something) in one's hand ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== mantenersi