sustento

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofsustentar

Frequentative verb ofsustineō.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /susˈten.toː/,[s̠ʊs̠ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /susˈten.to/,[susˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]

sustentō (present infinitivesustentāre,perfect activesustentāvī,supinesustentātum);first conjugation

1. touphold,support,prop orsustain,maintain

   Synonyms:subsistō,sufferō,sustineō,teneō

   • c. 52BCE,Julius Caesar,Commentarii de Bello GallicoVII.17:

     Extremam famemsustentarent

     Theysustained the extreme hunger

2. to maintain orpreserve byfood,money, or other means

   Synonyms:nūtriō,sagīnō,alō,pāscō,pāscor,foveō

3. tokeep incheck,hold back,restrain

   Synonyms:inclūdō,interclūdō,intersaepiō,obstō,refrēnō,impediō,perimō,officiō,saepiō,coerceō,premō,reprimō,comprimō

   Antonyms:līberō,eximō,absolvō,excipiō,exonerō,ēmittō

4. tobear,endure orhold out,suffer

   Synonyms:tolerō,patiō,sufferō,subeō,perferō,perpetior,recipiō,accipiō,sinō,ferō,dūrō,sustineō

5. toput off,defer,delay

   Synonyms:retardō,moror,cūnctor,tardō,trahō,dubitō,extrahō

   Antonyms:ruō,accurrō,currō,festīnō,prōvolō,properō,corripiō,mātūrō

• sustentāculum
• sustentātiō

• “sustento”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sustento”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sustento inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to endure the pangs of hunger:famem tolerare, sustentare
    
  • to earn a precarious livelihood:vitam inopem sustentare, tolerare
    

• Hyphenation:sus‧ten‧to

Deverbal fromsustentar.

sustento m (pluralsustentos)

1. sustenance,support

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

sustento

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofsustentar

• “sustento”, iniDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008–2025
• “sustento”, inDicionário inFormal (in Portuguese),2006–2025
• “sustento” inDicionário Aberto based onNovo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “sustento”, inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2025
• “sustento”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2025
• “sustento”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /susˈtento/[susˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes:-ento
• Syllabification:sus‧ten‧to

Deverbal fromsustentar.

sustento m (pluralsustentos)

1. sustenance
2. person'slivelihood
3. support,help

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

sustento

1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofsustentar

• “sustento”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Borrowed fromSpanishsustento.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key): /susˈtento/[sʊsˈt̪ɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes:-ento
• Syllabification:sus‧ten‧to

sustento (Baybayin spellingᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. alimony;support

   Synonym:suporta

2. provision ofsustenance orsupport

   Synonyms:pagsustento,pagsusustento

• “sustento”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018

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