overwordExplorer
ITALIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

sostentare.

to support, maintain, sustain or hold up

10 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/sos.tenˈta.re/
  1. to support, maintain, sustain or hold up

    transitive
  2. to nourish or feed

    transitive
  3. to provide lift for an aircraft etc.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin sustentāre.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

sostentare has 10 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

sostentare studiosostentare workshello, sostentare

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.