manutener

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin manūtenēre, from Latin manus (“hand”) + teneō (“to hold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /manuteˈneɾ/ [ma.nu.t̪eˈneɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧nu‧te‧ner

Verb

manutener (first-person singular present manutengo, first-person singular preterite manutuve, past participle manutenido)

  1. Alternative form of mantener

Conjugation
    Conjugation of manutener (irregular; e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive manutener
gerund manuteniendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular manutenido manutenida
plural manutenidos manutenidas
singular plural
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 manutengo manutienestú
manutenésvos		 manutiene manutenemos manutenéis manutienen
imperfect manutenía manutenías manutenía manuteníamos manuteníais manutenían
preterite manutuve manutuviste manutuvo manutuvimos manutuvisteis manutuvieron
future manutendré manutendrás manutendrá manutendremos manutendréis manutendrán
conditional manutendría manutendrías manutendría manutendríamos manutendríais manutendrían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present manutenga manutengastú
manutengásvos2		 manutenga manutengamos manutengáis manutengan
imperfect
(ra)		 manutuviera manutuvieras manutuviera manutuviéramos manutuvierais manutuvieran
imperfect
(se)		 manutuviese manutuvieses manutuviese manutuviésemos manutuvieseis manutuviesen
future1 manutuviere manutuvieres manutuviere manutuviéremos manutuviereis manutuvieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative manuténtú
manutenévos		 manutenga manutengamos manutened manutengan
negative no manutengas no manutenga no manutengamos no manutengáis no manutengan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of manutener (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 manutener
dative manutenerme manutenerte manutenerle, manutenerse manutenernos manuteneros manutenerles, manutenerse
accusative manutenerme manutenerte manutenerlo, manutenerla, manutenerse manutenernos manuteneros manutenerlos, manutenerlas, manutenerse
with gerund manuteniendo
dative manuteniéndome manuteniéndote manuteniéndole, manuteniéndose manuteniéndonos manuteniéndoos manuteniéndoles, manuteniéndose
accusative manuteniéndome manuteniéndote manuteniéndolo, manuteniéndola, manuteniéndose manuteniéndonos manuteniéndoos manuteniéndolos, manuteniéndolas, manuteniéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative manutén
dative manutenme manutente manutenle manutennos not used manutenles
accusative manutenme manutente manutenlo, manutenla manutennos not used manutenlos, manutenlas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative manutené
dative manuteneme manutenete manutenele manutenenos not used manuteneles
accusative manuteneme manutenete manutenelo, manutenela manutenenos not used manutenelos, manutenelas
with formal second-person singular imperative manutenga
dative manuténgame not used manuténgale, manuténgase manuténganos not used manuténgales
accusative manuténgame not used manuténgalo, manuténgala, manuténgase manuténganos not used manuténgalos, manuténgalas
with first-person plural imperative manutengamos
dative not used manutengámoste manutengámosle manutengámonos manutengámoos manutengámosles
accusative not used manutengámoste manutengámoslo, manutengámosla manutengámonos manutengámoos manutengámoslos, manutengámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative manutened
dative manutenedme not used manutenedle manutenednos manuteneos manutenedles
accusative manutenedme not used manutenedlo, manutenedla manutenednos manuteneos manutenedlos, manutenedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative manutengan
dative manuténganme not used manuténganle manuténgannos not used manuténganles, manuténganse
accusative manuténganme not used manuténganlo, manuténganla manuténgannos not used manuténganlos, manuténganlas, manuténganse

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