sostenerse
Spanish, verb[sost̪eˈneɾse]
sostenerse is spelled S-O-S-T-E-N-E-R-S-E (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,004th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sostenerse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of sostener combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mantenerse firme sin caer”.
What does sostenerse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of sostener 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. Mantenerse firme sin caer.
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 sostenerse
- haberse sostenido impersonal infinitive
- sosteniéndose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose sostenido impersonal gerund
- sostenido impersonal participle
- me sostengo first-person singular indicative
- te sostienes second-person singular indicative
- te sostenés second-person singular vos-form
- se sostiene third-person singular indicative
- nos sostenemos first-person plural indicative
- os sostenéis second-person plural indicative
- se sostienen third-person plural indicative
- me sostenía first-person singular indicative
- te sostenías second-person singular indicative
- se sostenía third-person singular indicative
- nos sosteníamos first-person plural indicative
- os sosteníais second-person plural indicative
- se sostenían third-person plural indicative
- me sostuve first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sostenerse?
- [sost̪eˈneɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sostenerse in Spanish?
sostenerse appears 1.1 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).