"mantenere" meaning in Italian

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Verb

IPA: /man.teˈne.re/
Rhymes: -ere Etymology: From Late Latin manūtenēre (“to support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”). By surface analysis, mano + tenere. Compare French maintenir, Spanish mantener, Portuguese manter. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|LL.|manuteneo|manūtenēre|to support}} Late Latin manūtenēre (“to support”), {{inh|it|la|manū||with the hand}} Latin manū (“with the hand”), {{surf|it|mano|tenere}} By surface analysis, mano + tenere, {{cog|fr|maintenir}} French maintenir, {{cog|es|mantener}} Spanish mantener, {{cog|pt|manter}} Portuguese manter Head templates: {{it-verb|a/@}} mantenére (first-person singular present mantèngo, first-person singular past historic manténni or mantènni, past participle mantenùto, first-person singular future manterrò, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/@}} Forms: mantenére [canonical], mantèngo [first-person, present, singular], manténni [first-person, historic, past, singular], mantènni [first-person, historic, past, singular], mantenùto [participle, past], manterrò [first-person, future, singular], avére [auxiliary], irregular [table-tags], mantenére [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], mantenèndo [gerund], mantenènte [participle, present], mantenùto [participle, past], mantèngo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], mantièni [indicative, present, second-person, singular], mantiéni [indicative, present, second-person, singular], mantiène [indicative, present, singular, third-person], mantiéne [indicative, present, singular, third-person], manteniàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], mantenéte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], mantèngono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], mantenévo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], mantenévi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], mantenéva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], mantenevàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], mantenevàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], mantenévano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], manténni [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], mantènni [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], mantenésti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], manténne [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], mantènne [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], mantenémmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], mantenéste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], manténnero [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], mantènnero [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], manterrò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], manterrài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], manterrà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], manterrémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], manterréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], manterrànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], manterrèi [conditional, first-person, singular], manterrésti [conditional, second-person, singular], manterrèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], manterrébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], manterrémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], manterréste [conditional, plural, second-person], manterrèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], manterrébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], mantènga [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], mantènga [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], mantènga [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], manteniàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], manteniàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], mantèngano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], mantenéssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], mantenéssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], mantenésse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], mantenéssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], mantenéste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], mantenéssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], mantièni [imperative, second-person, singular], mantiéni [imperative, second-person, singular], mantènga [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], manteniàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], mantenéte [imperative, plural, second-person], mantèngano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], mantenére [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], mantènga [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], manteniàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], mantenéte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], mantèngano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. to maintain, to keep
    Sense id: en-mantenere-it-verb-T~ilzfXd Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 10 14 10 23 20 12 10
  2. to conserve
    Sense id: en-mantenere-it-verb-jsUNLlZ6 Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 10 14 10 23 20 12 10
  3. to support (someone) financially or materially
    Sense id: en-mantenere-it-verb-CFUGUhK1 Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 10 14 10 23 20 12 10
  4. to govern
    Sense id: en-mantenere-it-verb-TOvsG~GR Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs with irregular future Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 10 14 10 23 20 12 10 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular future: 11 14 11 23 16 12 11
  5. to hold, to defend (a political possession, conquered territory, etc.)
    Sense id: en-mantenere-it-verb-NzcsgjEw Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs with irregular past historic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 6 19 6 11 45 7 6 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 5 16 5 10 51 7 5 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 10 11 11 16 27 10 15 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 10 14 10 23 20 12 10 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past historic: 7 12 7 19 36 10 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 12 7 14 45 9 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 10 7 10 52 8 7
  6. to uphold, to respect (a commitment, secret, etc.)
    Sense id: en-mantenere-it-verb-1E2uxp1h Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 10 14 10 23 20 12 10
  7. (now southern Italy) to hold (something) in one's hand Tags: Italy, Southern
    Sense id: en-mantenere-it-verb-aJbLruIZ Categories (other): Southern Italian, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 10 14 10 23 20 12 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mantenersi

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mantenersi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "manuteneo",
        "4": "manūtenēre",
        "5": "to support"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin manūtenēre (“to support”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "manū",
        "4": "",
        "5": "with the hand"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin manū (“with the hand”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "mano",
        "3": "tenere"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, mano + tenere",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "maintenir"
      },
      "expansion": "French maintenir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mantener"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mantener",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "manter"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese manter",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin manūtenēre (“to support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”). By surface analysis, mano + tenere. Compare French maintenir, Spanish mantener, Portuguese manter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mantenére",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantèngo",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manténni",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènni",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenùto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrò",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenére",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenèndo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenènte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenùto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantèngo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantièni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantiéni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantiène",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantiéne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manteniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantèngono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenévo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenévi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenevàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenevàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenévano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manténni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manténne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manténnero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènnero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterréte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterréste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrèbbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrébbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manteniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manteniàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenésse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantièni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantiéni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manteniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenére",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manteniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/@"
      },
      "expansion": "mantenére (first-person singular present mantèngo, first-person singular past historic manténni or mantènni, past participle mantenùto, first-person singular future manterrò, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "man‧te‧né‧re"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/@"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 14 10 23 20 12 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to maintain, to keep"
      ],
      "id": "en-mantenere-it-verb-T~ilzfXd",
      "links": [
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 14 10 23 20 12 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to conserve"
      ],
      "id": "en-mantenere-it-verb-jsUNLlZ6",
      "links": [
        [
          "conserve",
          "conserve"
        ]
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          "_dis": "11 14 11 23 16 12 11",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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        {
          "_dis": "10 11 11 16 27 10 15",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "10 14 10 23 20 12 10",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "7 12 7 19 36 10 7",
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          "name": "Italian verbs with irregular past historic",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "7 12 7 14 45 9 7",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "7 10 7 10 52 8 7",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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          "respect",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/man.teˈne.re/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ere"
    }
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}

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    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian irregular verbs",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Italian terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Italian verbs ending in -ere",
    "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
    "Italian verbs with irregular future",
    "Italian verbs with irregular past historic",
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    "Pages with entries",
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      "name": "inh"
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        "2": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "mantener"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "manter"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "past"
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "present",
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        "singular"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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        "present",
        "third-person"
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "manterrò",
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      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "manterrài",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrà",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrèi",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterréste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrèbbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manterrébbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "manteniàmo",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manteniàte",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenésse",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéste",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mantenéssero",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantièni",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantiéni",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "mantènga",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mantèngano",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenére",
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        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "mantènga",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "manteniàmo",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantenéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mantèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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      },
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  "lang_code": "it",
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      "glosses": [
        "to maintain, to keep"
      ],
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          "maintain"
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        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to conserve"
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      "links": [
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          "conserve",
          "conserve"
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      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to support (someone) financially or materially"
      ],
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          "support",
          "support"
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        [
          "financially",
          "financially"
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        [
          "materially",
          "materially"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to govern"
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        [
          "govern",
          "govern"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hold, to defend (a political possession, conquered territory, etc.)"
      ],
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        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
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        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to uphold, to respect (a commitment, secret, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uphold",
          "uphold"
        ],
        [
          "respect",
          "respect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Southern Italian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold (something) in one's hand"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now southern Italy) to hold (something) in one's hand"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Italy",
        "Southern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/man.teˈne.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ere"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mantenere"
}

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