mantenha
Portuguese, verb/mɐ̃ˈtẽ.ɲɐ/
mantenha is spelled M-A-N-T-E-N-H-A (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,286th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mantenha is a Portuguese verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mantenha mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cumprimento 2. saudação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce mantenha?
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈtẽ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [mɐ̃ˈtẽ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /mɐ̃ˈtɐ(j).ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mantenha in Portuguese?
mantenha appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).