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Meaning of manter | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
manˈteːɾ

Definitions

  1. to keep
  2. to maintain, to preserve
  3. to sustain
  4. to nourish, feed

Equivalents

Examples

“Ai tontiño, porque iñoras o qu’he mantér casa e vida, que por ben que estea sortida, hai faltas a todas horas. O segundo, que teu pai pensa com’home de ben, e así por vergonza ten unha nora que non trai. Orasme, sobr’esto hai, que a dous parizós que teña, non tendes donde vos veña, cando ela non colla un mal.”

Oh, silly, because you don't know what it is to keep house and life, no matter how well stocked it is, there's lack at all hours. Second, your father thinks like a good man, and to his shame he has a daughter-in-law who doesn't bear. However, on this matter, with just two childbirths that she has, you'll be left resourceless, and that if she doesn't get sick.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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