sostentare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sustentāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sos.tenˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: so‧sten‧tà‧re

Verb

sostentàre (first-person singular present sostènto or sosténto[1], first-person singular past historic sostentài, past participle sostentàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to support, maintain, sustain or hold up
  2. to nourish or feed
  3. to provide lift for an aircraft etc.

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ sostento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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