"sostenere" meaning in Italian

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Verb

IPA: /so.steˈne.re/ Audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-sostenere.wav
Rhymes: -ere Etymology: From Latin sustinēre. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|sustineō|sustinēre}} Latin sustinēre Head templates: {{it-verb|a/@}} sostenére (first-person singular present sostèngo, first-person singular past historic sosténni or sostènni, past participle sostenùto, first-person singular future sosterrò, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/@}} Forms: sostenére [canonical], sostèngo [first-person, present, singular], sosténni [first-person, historic, past, singular], sostènni [first-person, historic, past, singular], sostenùto [participle, past], sosterrò [first-person, future, singular], avére [auxiliary], irregular [table-tags], sostenére [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], sostenèndo [gerund], sostenènte [participle, present], sostenùto [participle, past], sostèngo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], sostièni [indicative, present, second-person, singular], sostiéni [indicative, present, second-person, singular], sostiène [indicative, present, singular, third-person], sostiéne [indicative, present, singular, third-person], sosteniàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], sostenéte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], sostèngono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], sostenévo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], sostenévi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], sostenéva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], sostenevàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], sostenevàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], sostenévano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], sosténni [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], sostènni [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], sostenésti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], sosténne [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], sostènne [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], sostenémmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], sostenéste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], sosténnero [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], sostènnero [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], sosterrò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], sosterrài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], sosterrà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], sosterrémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], sosterréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], sosterrànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], sosterrèi [conditional, first-person, present, singular], sosterrésti [conditional, present, second-person, singular], sosterrèbbe [conditional, present, singular, third-person], sosterrébbe [conditional, present, singular, third-person], sosterrémmo [conditional, first-person, plural, present], sosterréste [conditional, plural, present, second-person], sosterrèbbero [conditional, plural, present, third-person], sosterrébbero [conditional, plural, present, third-person], sostènga [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], sostènga [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], sostènga [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], sosteniàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], sosteniàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], sostèngano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], sostenéssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], sostenéssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], sostenésse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], sostenéssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], sostenéste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], sostenéssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], sostièni [imperative, second-person, singular], sostiéni [imperative, second-person, singular], sostènga [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], sosteniàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], sostenéte [imperative, plural, second-person], sostèngano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], sostenére [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], sostènga [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], sosteniàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], sostenéte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], sostèngano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. to support, to hold up, to prop, to carry the weight of Tags: transitive Synonyms: reggere
    Sense id: en-sostenere-it-verb-4t0dC9Mz Categories (other): Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs with irregular future Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 33 6 26 15 6 15 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 23 9 28 12 9 20 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 26 12 17 13 13 18 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular future: 21 13 17 16 13 19
  2. to sustain, to bear, to stand, to suffer Tags: transitive Synonyms: subire, sopportare
    Sense id: en-sostenere-it-verb-TzcBg8pm Categories (other): Italian verbs with irregular future Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular future: 21 13 17 16 13 19
  3. to support, to back, to stand up for, to uphold, to defend, to cheer up Tags: transitive Synonyms: appoggiare
    Sense id: en-sostenere-it-verb-ENMqVgqn Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs with irregular future, Italian verbs with irregular past historic Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 25 4 35 13 7 16 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 23 9 28 12 9 20 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular future: 21 13 17 16 13 19 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past historic: 22 7 31 12 8 21
  4. to state, to assert, to claim, to maintain Tags: transitive Synonyms: affermare, proclamare
    Sense id: en-sostenere-it-verb-DzX9~Xg3 Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs with irregular future Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 23 9 28 12 9 20 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular future: 21 13 17 16 13 19
  5. (theater) to play, to act Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-sostenere-it-verb-V4-GuzmP Categories (other): Italian verbs with irregular future Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular future: 21 13 17 16 13 19 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
  6. (philosophy) to be the arche of Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-sostenere-it-verb-bRDmywGz Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs with irregular future Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 23 9 28 12 9 20 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular future: 21 13 17 16 13 19 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autosostenere, sostegno, sostenibile, sostenitore, sostenuto Related terms: sostenersi, sostentare

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
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      "word": "autosostenere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sostegno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sostenibile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sostenitore"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sostenuto"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "sustineō",
        "4": "sustinēre"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin sustinēre",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin sustinēre.",
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      "form": "sostenére",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostèngo",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosténni",
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostènni",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenùto",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrò",
      "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": "sostenére",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenèndo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenènte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenùto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostièni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostiéni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostiène",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostiéne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosteniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostèngono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenévo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenévi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenevàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenevàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenévano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosténni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostènni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosténne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostènne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosténnero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostènnero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterréte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterréste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrèbbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrébbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosteniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosteniàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenésse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostièni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostiéni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosteniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenére",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostènga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosteniàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostèngano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/@"
      },
      "expansion": "sostenére (first-person singular present sostèngo, first-person singular past historic sosténni or sostènni, past participle sostenùto, first-person singular future sosterrò, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "so‧ste‧né‧re"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/@"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sostenersi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sostentare"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 6 26 15 6 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 9 28 12 9 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs ending in -ere",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 12 17 13 13 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 13 17 16 13 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs with irregular future",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to support, to hold up, to prop, to carry the weight of"
      ],
      "id": "en-sostenere-it-verb-4t0dC9Mz",
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "hold up",
          "hold up"
        ],
        [
          "prop",
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        {
          "_dis": "23 9 28 12 9 20",
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "_dis": "21 13 17 16 13 19",
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        {
          "_dis": "22 7 31 12 8 21",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 13 17 16 13 19",
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          "name": "Italian verbs with irregular future",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "21 13 17 16 13 19",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "21 13 17 16 13 19",
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Translation of Anaximenes' Fragment 2",
          "text": "Come l'anima nostra, che è aria, ci sostiene, così il soffio e l'aria circondano il mondo intero.",
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    "Italian terms inherited from Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "singular"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "past",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "past",
        "plural"
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        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
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        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "sosterrèbbe",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosterrèbbero",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostènga",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sostènga",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sosteniàmo",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sosteniàte",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostèngano",
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéssi",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sostenéste",
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        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "sostièni",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sostiéni",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "plural"
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        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "imperative",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "negative",
        "plural",
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  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sostenersi"
    },
    {
      "word": "sostentare"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to support, to hold up, to prop, to carry the weight of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "hold up",
          "hold up"
        ],
        [
          "prop",
          "prop"
        ],
        [
          "carry",
          "carry"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "reggere"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sustain, to bear, to stand, to suffer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sustain",
          "sustain"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ],
        [
          "stand",
          "stand"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "subire"
        },
        {
          "word": "sopportare"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to support, to back, to stand up for, to uphold, to defend, to cheer up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ],
        [
          "stand up",
          "stand up"
        ],
        [
          "uphold",
          "uphold"
        ],
        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ],
        [
          "cheer up",
          "cheer up"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "appoggiare"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to state, to assert, to claim, to maintain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "assert",
          "assert"
        ],
        [
          "claim",
          "claim"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "affermare"
        },
        {
          "word": "proclamare"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "it:Theater"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to play, to act"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "theater",
          "theater"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theater) to play, to act"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "theater"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with quotations",
        "Requests for date",
        "Requests for translations of Italian quotations",
        "it:Philosophy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Translation of Anaximenes' Fragment 2",
          "text": "Come l'anima nostra, che è aria, ci sostiene, così il soffio e l'aria circondano il mondo intero.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be the arche of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "arche",
          "arche"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy) to be the arche of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/so.steˈne.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ere"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/LL-Q652_%28ita%29-LangPao-sostenere.wav/LL-Q652_%28ita%29-LangPao-sostenere.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sostenere"
}

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