sostenere
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sostenére (first-person singular present sostèngo, first-person singular past historic sosténni or sostènni, past participle sostenùto, first-person singular future sosterrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to support, to hold up, to prop, to carry the weight of
- Synonym: reggere
- to sustain, to bear, to stand, to suffer
- Synonyms: subire, sopportare
- to support, to back, to stand up for, to uphold, to defend, to cheer up
- Synonym: appoggiare
- to state, to assert, to claim, to maintain
- Synonyms: affermare, proclamare
- (theater) to play, to act
- (philosophy) to be the arche of
- (Can we date this quote?), Translation of Anaximenes' Fragment 2:
- Come l'anima nostra, che è aria, ci sostiene, così il soffio e l'aria circondano il mondo intero.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of sostenére (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- sostenere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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