sustentar — meaning in English

English meaning

• buoy noun A floating marker anchored in water to warn of danger, mark a channel, or show a location.
• hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
• prop noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
• sustain verb To keep something going or in existence over time.
• underpin verb To hold something up from underneath with supports or brickwork.

Senses

sustentar is used for these senses in English:

• buoy To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.
• hold To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
• prop (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To support or shore up something.
• shore up (transitive, often, figuratively) To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).
• sustain (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
• underpin (transitive, figuratively) To give support to; to form a basis of; to corroborate.

buoy — full definition

1. noun A floating marker anchored in water to warn of danger, mark a channel, or show a location.
2. verb To keep something floating, or to lift someone's spirits or confidence.

hold — full definition

1. verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
2. verb To keep something in a particular state, position, or place, such as reserving it or making someone wait.
3. verb To remain true, valid, or in effect.
4. noun A grip or grasp on something.
5. noun The cargo storage area below a ship's deck.

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