soster

soster

See also: söster and søster

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sostẽer, from Latin sustinēre, present active infinitive of sustineō (“I support”).

Verb

soster (first-person singular present sosteño, first-person singular preterite sostiven, past participle sostido)

1. to hold up, support
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of soster
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of soster

Conjugation

    Conjugation of soster (irregular)

infinitive			soster
gerund			sostendo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		sostido		sostidos
		feminine		sostida		sostidas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	sosteño	sostés	sostén	sostemos	sostendes, sostedes	sosteñen
	imperfect	sostiña	sostiñas	sostiña	sostiñamos	sostiñades	sostiñan
	preterite	sostiven	sostiveches	sostivo	sostivemos	sostivestes	sostiveron
	pluperfect	sostivera	sostiveras	sostivera	sostiveramos	sostiverades	sostiveran
	future	sosterei	sosterás	sosterá	sosteremos	sosteredes	sosterán
	conditional	sostería	sosterías	sostería	sosteriamos	sosteriades	sosterían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	sosteña	sosteñas	sosteña	sosteñamos	sosteñades	sosteñan
	preterite	sostivese	sostiveses	sostivese	sostivésemos	sostivésedes	sostivesen
	future	sostiver	sostiveres	sostiver	sostivermos	sostiverdes	sostiveren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	sostén	sosteña	sosteñamos	sostede, sostende	sosteñan
	negative	—	sosteñas	sosteña	sosteñamos	sosteñades	sosteñan
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		soster	sosteres	soster	sostermos	sosterdes	sosteren

Related terms

• abster
• ater
• conter
• deter

• entreter
• manter
• reter
• ter

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Middle English

Noun

soster

1. Alternative form of suster