manter

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese manteer, mantẽer, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“I hold”).

• IPA^(key): /manˈteɾ/

manter (first-person singular present manteño, first-person singular preterite mantiven, past participle mantido)

1. to maintain, to preserve

   Synonym: conservar

2. to sustain

   Synonyms: soster, termar

3. to nourish, feed

   Synonyms: alimentar, soster

4. first-person singular personal infinitive of manter
5. third-person singular personal infinitive of manter

• mantenza
• mantíbel
• mantido

• “manter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “manter” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “manter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “manter” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “manter” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From French menteur

manter

1. liar (masculine)

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

From Old Portuguese manteer, mantẽer, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“I hold”). Compare Spanish mantener, French maintenir, Italian mantener.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈteɾ/

manter (first-person singular present indicative mantenho, past participle mantido)

1. to keep, maintain
2. to hold, sustain, support

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:manter.

• mano
• ter

From French menteur

manter

1. liar (masculine)

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français