sostener

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sustinēre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sosteˈneɾ/ [sos̪.t̪eˈneɾ]
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: sos‧te‧ner

Verb

sostener

to hold (to grasp)
to sustain

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sustinēre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sosteˈneɾ/ [sos.t̪eˈneɾ]
Audio (Spain): (file)
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: sos‧te‧ner

Verb

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

Conjugation of sostener (irregular; e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			sostener
gerund			sosteniendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sostenido		sostenida
		plural		sostenidos		sostenidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sostengo	sostienes^{^tú} sostenés^{^vos}	sostiene	sostenemos	sostenéis	sostienen
	imperfect	sostenía	sostenías	sostenía	sosteníamos	sosteníais	sostenían
	preterite	sostuve	sostuviste	sostuvo	sostuvimos	sostuvisteis	sostuvieron
	future	sostendré	sostendrás	sostendrá	sostendremos	sostendréis	sostendrán
	conditional	sostendría	sostendrías	sostendría	sostendríamos	sostendríais	sostendrían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sostenga	sostengas^{^tú} sostengás^{^vos²}	sostenga	sostengamos	sostengáis	sostengan
	imperfect (ra)	sostuviera	sostuvieras	sostuviera	sostuviéramos	sostuvierais	sostuvieran
	imperfect (se)	sostuviese	sostuvieses	sostuviese	sostuviésemos	sostuvieseis	sostuviesen
	future¹	sostuviere	sostuvieres	sostuviere	sostuviéremos	sostuviereis	sostuvieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sostén^{^tú} sostené^{^vos}	sostenga	sostengamos	sostened	sostengan
	negative		no sostengas	no sostenga	no sostengamos	no sostengáis	no sostengan

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.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sostener	dative	sostenerme	sostenerte	sostenerle, sostenerse	sostenernos	sosteneros	sostenerles, sostenerse
with infinitive sostener	accusative	sostenerme	sostenerte	sostenerlo, sostenerla, sostenerse	sostenernos	sosteneros	sostenerlos, sostenerlas, sostenerse

with gerund sosteniendo	dative	sosteniéndome	sosteniéndote	sosteniéndole, sosteniéndose	sosteniéndonos	sosteniéndoos	sosteniéndoles, sosteniéndose
with gerund sosteniendo	accusative	sosteniéndome	sosteniéndote	sosteniéndolo, sosteniéndola, sosteniéndose	sosteniéndonos	sosteniéndoos	sosteniéndolos, sosteniéndolas, sosteniéndose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative sostén	dative	sostenme	sostente	sostenle	sostennos	not used	sostenles
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sostén	accusative	sostenme	sostente	sostenlo, sostenla	sostennos	not used	sostenlos, sostenlas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative sostené	dative	sosteneme	sostenete	sostenele	sostenenos	not used	sosteneles
	accusative	sosteneme	sostenete	sostenelo, sostenela	sostenenos	not used	sostenelos, sostenelas

with formal second-person singular imperative sostenga	dative	sosténgame	not used	sosténgale, sosténgase	sosténganos	not used	sosténgales
with formal second-person singular imperative sostenga	accusative	sosténgame	not used	sosténgalo, sosténgala, sosténgase	sosténganos	not used	sosténgalos, sosténgalas

with first-person plural imperative sostengamos	dative	not used	sostengámoste	sostengámosle	sostengámonos	sostengámoos	sostengámosles
with first-person plural imperative sostengamos	accusative	not used	sostengámoste	sostengámoslo, sostengámosla	sostengámonos	sostengámoos	sostengámoslos, sostengámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative sostened	dative	sostenedme	not used	sostenedle	sostenednos	sosteneos	sostenedles
with informal second-person plural imperative sostened	accusative	sostenedme	not used	sostenedlo, sostenedla	sostenednos	sosteneos	sostenedlos, sostenedlas

with formal second-person plural imperative sostengan	dative	sosténganme	not used	sosténganle	sosténgannos	not used	sosténganles, sosténganse
with formal second-person plural imperative sostengan	accusative	sosténganme	not used	sosténganlo, sosténganla	sosténgannos	not used	sosténganlos, sosténganlas, sosténganse

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