manter
Portuguese, verb/mɐ̃ˈte(ʁ)/
manter is spelled M-A-N-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 151 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 645th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manter is a Portuguese verb meaning “to keep, maintain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sustentar”.
What does manter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to keep, maintain
- 2
to hold, sustain, support
- 3
to keep (to continue doing something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sustentar 2. conservar, permanecer
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.
Forms of manter
- mantenho first-person present singular
- mantive first-person preterite singular
- mantido participle past
- manteres infinitive second-person singular
- mantermos first-person infinitive plural
- manterdes infinitive plural second-person
- manterem infinitive plural third-person
- mantendo gerund
- mantidos masculine participle past
- mantida feminine participle past
- mantidas feminine participle past
- manténs indicative present second-person
- mantém indicative present singular
- mantemos first-person indicative plural
- mantendes indicative plural present
- mantêm indicative plural present
- mantinha first-person imperfect indicative
- mantinhas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manter?
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈte(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mɐ̃ˈte(h)]
- /mɐ̃ˈte(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manter in Portuguese?
manter appears 151 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).