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mein'tein1) (to continue: How long can you maintain this silence?) mantener2) (to keep in good condition: He maintains his car very well.) mantener, conservar3) (to pay the expenses of: How can you maintain a wife and three children on your small salary?) mantener, sustentar4) (to continue to argue or believe (that): I maintain that the theory is true.) mantener, sostener•maintain vb mantenertr[meɪn'teɪn]1 (preserve, keep up - gen) mantener; (- silence, appearances) guardar2 (support financially) mantener, sostener3 (keep in good condition) conservar en buen estado4 (assert as true) mantener, sostenermaintain [meɪn'teɪn] vt1) service: dar mantenimiento a (una máquina)2) preserve: mantener, conservarto maintain silence: guardar silencio3) support: mantener, sostener4) assert: mantener, sostener, afirmarv.• alegar v.• alimentar v.• conservar v.• entretener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• mantener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• pelechar v.• sostener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• sustentar v.meɪn'teɪn1)a) \<\<speed/lead\>\> mantener*; \<\<silence\>\> guardarb) \<\<house/machine\>\> ocuparse del mantenimiento de; \<\<aircraft\>\> mantener*c) \<\<family/dependents/army\>\> mantener*2) ( claim) mantener*, sostener*[meɪn'teɪn]VT1) (=keep up) [+ attitude, correspondence, order, speed, advantage] mantener; [+ silence] guardar; [+ war] sostener, continuar2) (=support) [+ family, dependents] mantener; [+ army] mantener, costear3) (=keep in good condition) [+ road, building, car, machine] mantener en buen estadothe house costs a fortune to maintain — el mantenimiento de la casa cuesta un dineral, cuesta un dineral mantener la casa en buen estado
4) (=have, retain) [+ house, property] poseer, teneras well as his house in London he maintains one in New York and one in France — además de su casa en Londres, posee or tiene una en Nueva York y otra en Francia
5) (=claim) [+ one's innocence] mantener, sostenerhe maintained that the earth was round — mantenía or sostenía que la tierra era redonda
* * *[meɪn'teɪn]1)a) \<\<speed/lead\>\> mantener*; \<\<silence\>\> guardarb) \<\<house/machine\>\> ocuparse del mantenimiento de; \<\<aircraft\>\> mantener*c) \<\<family/dependents/army\>\> mantener*2) ( claim) mantener*, sostener*
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