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sustentar.

to sustain

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/sus.tẽˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[sus.tẽˈta(h)]Brazil/sus.tẽˈta(ɾ)/São-Paulo/suʃ.tẽˈta(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. to sustain

    transitive

  2. to support, underpin

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin sustineō Latin sustentārelbor. Portuguese sustentar Learned borrowing from Latin sustentāre.

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