• 1  da/du ad. mantener(se), alimentar(se), sostener(se), sustentar(se)

  familia mantendu: mantener a la familia

• 2  da/du ad. mantener(se), conservar(se)

  irakurlearen arreta mantentzeko gauza atseginak idatzi behar dira: hay que escribir cosas agradables para mantener el interés del lector

• 3  da/du ad. (Mus.) sostener

• 1  da/du ad. (se) nourrir, (s')entretenir, (s')alimenter

• 2  da/du ad. (se) maintenir, (se) tenir

• 1  du ad. [janariz hornitu] to support, to sustain, to maintain, to feed

  familia mantendu: to support the family

• 2  da ad. [elikatu] to support/maintain/keep oneself; to live on

  ogiz mantentzen da: she lives on bread

• 3  da/du ad. [iraun, iraunarazi] to remain; to keep, to maintain

  20 urtez mantendu zen boterean: he remained in power for 20 years

  oreka mantendu: to keep one's balance