Support, hold up - Sostener (The 789th Most Common Spanish Word)

The Spanish translation for Support, hold up is Sostener. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 789th most commonly used word in Spanish. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about materials & quality, lifestyle & free time, sport, negotiations, cooperation. You can listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common Spanish words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: support, hold up

Spanish: sostener

Examples


I dared to support his opinion.	Me he atrevido a sostener su opinión.
He had a large family to support.	Él tenía una gran familia que sostener.
His income is too small to support his family.	Sus ingresos son muy pequeños para sostener a su familia.
I never thought I would have to support such a large family.	Jamás pensé que tendría que sostener a una familia tan numerosa.
Easy to hold in the hand or supported between cushions.	Fácil de sostener en la mano o apoyado entre cojines.
He can hold up the whole world with his pinkie.	Él puede sostener el mundo entero con su meñique.
From there the need of holding our practice with passion.	De ahí la necesidad de sostener nuestra práctica con pasión.
Your child may have trouble holding a pencil or scissors.	Su hijo puede tener problemas para sostener un lápiz o tijera.

These help support and rotate the shoulder in many directions.	Ayudan a sostener y rotar el hombro en varias direcciones.
The digital audio tape can hold up to 50 GB.	La cinta de audio digital puede sostener hasta 50 gigabytes.
The bench should have supports to hold a barbell.	La banca debe tener soportes para sostener una barra.
No, because the DNA evidence may not hold up.	No, porque la evidencia de ADN no se puede sostener.
How will she find the strength to hold up her head	¿Cómo encontrará la fuerza para sostener su cabeza
Oh, Britta, can you hold up the final stage of humanity	Britta, ¿puedes sostener la etapa final de la humanidad
F) Loss of ability to hold up head independently.	F) Pérdida de la capacidad para sostener la cabeza erguida.
It has a spacious compartment to hold up to 3L reservoir.	Tiene un compartimiento espacioso para sostener hasta el depósito de 3L.
Now, look, honey, we can't hold up the Navy.	Ahora, mira, la miel, no podemos sostener la Armada.
These sausages are firm enough to hold up on the grill.	Estas salchichas son lo suficientemente firme como para sostener a la parrilla.
For this reason members are not to solicit the holding of children or pets.	Por esta razón los miembros no deben intentar sostener a niños ni mascotas.
You can't support such a statement without solid arguments.	No se puede sostener una afirmación como esa sin argumentos sólidos.
They had to put up some joists to hold up the walls after the explosion.	Tuvieron que poner unas vigas para sostener las paredes tras la explosión.