verb/sustenˈtaɾ/
to sustain, support, underpin (physically); to sustain, support, hold (i.e. provide resources); to support, underpin, uphold; to be supported, be underpinned, be sustained
“un profesor como ese podría echar por tierra “los principios” sobre los cuales se sustenta el resentimiento encumbrado.” — a teacher like that could overthrow "the principles" on which high resentment is based.
Synonyms: sostener
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider. Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin sustineō Latin sustentārebor. Spanish sustentar Borrowed from Latin sustentāre.