sustentando
Spanish, verb/sustenˈtando/
sustentando is spelled S-U-S-T-E-N-T-A-N-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 106,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sustentando is a Spanish verb meaning “gerund of sustentar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gerundio de sustentar”.
What does sustentando mean in English?
verb
- 1
gerund of sustentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gerundio de sustentar.
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.
How do you pronounce sustentando?
- /sustenˈtando/
- [sus.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ãn̪.d̪o]
- [sust̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sustentando in Spanish?
sustentando appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).