mantenerse
Spanish, verb/manteˈneɾse/
mantenerse is spelled M-A-N-T-E-N-E-R-S-E (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,078th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mantenerse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of mantener combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sostenerse uno mismo, sea en un mismo nivel o lugar durante el transcurso del tiempo, o bien económicamente”.
What does mantenerse mean in English?
verb
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infinitive of mantener combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sostenerse uno mismo, sea en un mismo nivel o lugar durante el transcurso del tiempo, o bien económicamente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mantenerse
- haberse mantenido impersonal infinitive
- manteniéndose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose mantenido impersonal gerund
- mantenido impersonal participle
- me mantengo first-person singular indicative
- te mantienes second-person singular indicative
- te mantenés second-person singular vos-form
- se mantiene third-person singular indicative
- nos mantenemos first-person plural indicative
- os mantenéis second-person plural indicative
- se mantienen third-person plural indicative
- me mantenía first-person singular indicative
- te mantenías second-person singular indicative
- se mantenía third-person singular indicative
- nos manteníamos first-person plural indicative
- os manteníais second-person plural indicative
- se mantenían third-person plural indicative
- me mantuve first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mantenerse?
- /manteˈneɾse/
- [mãn̪.t̪eˈneɾ.se]
- [mãn̪t̪eˈneɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mantenerse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mantenerse in Spanish?
mantenerse appears 15 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).