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sustento.

sustenance, support

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/susˈtẽ.tu/Brazil/suʃˈtẽ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro/suʃˈtẽ.tu/Portugal

  1. sustenance, support

    masculine
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 sustentardeverb. Portuguese sustento Deverbal from sustentar.

verb/susˈtẽ.tu/Brazil/suʃˈtẽ.tu/Rio-de-Janeiro/suʃˈtẽ.tu/Portugal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sustentar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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