mantener - Spanish word #908

Translation

to maintain, to keep, to support

Grammar

Verb type-er irregular (mantener)

Regular spanish-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	mantengo	mantuve	mantenía	mantendré	mantendría
tú	mantienes	mantuviste	mantenías	mantendrás	mantendrías
él/ella/ud.	mantiene	mantuvo	mantenía	mantendrá	mantendría
nos.	mantenemos	mantuvimos	manteníamos	mantendremos	mantendríamos
vos.	mantenéis	mantuvisteis	manteníais	mantendréis	mantendríais
ellos/uds.	mantienen	mantuvieron	mantenían	mantendrán	mantendrían

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	mantenga	mantuviera	mantuviese
tú	mantengas	mantuvieras	mantuvieses
él/ella/ud.	mantenga	mantuviera	mantuviese
nos.	mantengamos	mantuviéramos	mantuviésemos
vos.	mantengáis	mantuvierais	mantuvieseis
ellos/uds.	mantengan	mantuvieran	mantuviesen

tanta tension.

It is very difficult to keep calm in situations of such high tension.

muchas dignidad.

The father works many hours to support his family with dignity.

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You need to keep your workspace clean every day.

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He kept his word in spite of all the problems.

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It is important to keep a good relationship with the neighbours.

guardar

to keep, to save, to put away

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