sostener
Meanings
Verb
1. to hold, to hold up, to prop up, to sustain, to underpin (physically)
2. to sustain, to support, to keep (i.e. to give continuity to)
3. to support, to uphold, to hold, to sustain, to contend, to maintain, to argue, to claim, to underpin, to defend
Examples78
No sostendré eso en tu contra.
I won't hold that against you.
Yo te sostendré mientras viva.
I'll support you as long as I live.
Él tenía una gran familia que sostener.
He had a large family to support.
Ellos sostuvieron que él la había matado.
They claimed that he'd killed her.
Sostenelo con ambas manos.
Hold it with both hands.
Sostenlo con ambas manos.
Hold it with both hands.