sustento
Spanish, noun
sustento is spelled S-U-S-T-E-N-T-O (8 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,952nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sustento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sustenance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of sustentar. With an accent, sustentó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of sustentar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alimento, nutrición”.
What does sustento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesustenance
- 2
masculineperson's livelihood
- 3
masculinesupport, help
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of sustentar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of sustentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alimento, nutrición. 2. Lo que sirve para el mantenimiento o conservación de algo. 3. Sostén, apoyo. 4. Sustentación.
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 sustento
- sustentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sustento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sustento in Spanish?
sustento appears 6.5 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).