mantenimento — meaning in English
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English meaning
- keep verb To hold on to something or continue having it, rather than giving it up or losing it.
- maintenance noun The work of keeping a building, machine or system in good condition by checking, cleaning and repairing it regularly.
Senses
mantenimento is used for these senses in English:
- follow-up A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.
- keep The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
- maintenance (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
keep — full definition
- verb To hold on to something or continue having it, rather than giving it up or losing it.
- verb To continue doing something, or to stay in a particular state.
- verb To look after, guard, or support someone or something.
- verb To honour or fulfil a promise, rule, or appointment.
- noun The central, most heavily fortified tower of a castle.
maintenance — full definition
- noun The work of keeping a building, machine or system in good condition by checking, cleaning and repairing it regularly.
- noun The act of keeping something going or holding it at a particular level.
- noun Money paid regularly by one person for the living costs of a former spouse or of a child they do not live with.