Latin

Verb

sustentō ‎(present infinitive sustentāre, perfect active sustentāvī, supine sustentātum); first conjugation

1. I uphold, support, prop or sustain
2. I endure or hold out

Inflection

Derived terms

• sustentāculum

Descendants

• French: sustenter

References

• sustento in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sustento in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sustento”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to endure the pangs of hunger: famem tolerare, sustentare
    
  • to earn a precarious livelihood: vitam inopem sustentare, tolerare
    

Portuguese

Verb

sustento

1. first-person singular present indicative of sustentar

Spanish

Noun

sustento m ‎(plural sustentos)

1. A support
2. Sustenance
3. A person's livelihood

Verb

sustento

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of sustentar.