Translation for "mantenne" to english

Mantenne

verb

• keep
• maintain
• hold
• preserve
• sustain
• support
• abide by
• shore up
• earn one's living

Translation examples

keep verb

Per anni, Johanna mantenne il segreto sul suo sesso e i frati la credettero un giovane uomo.
For years she was able to keep her secret. And all the brothers took her to be a young man.

Fece promesse alla gente che non mantenne e fu l'artefice della propria caduta.
He made promises to the people which he failed to keep and was the author of his own downfall.

Simon sapeva che Francis Begbie era via, ma mantenne il segreto.
Simon knew that Francis Begbie was out, and he chose to keep that a secret.

Ma non dimentichiamo, anche in un'ora come questa la nostra gioia per la sua vita virtuosa e la cura con cui mantenne il suo regno sgombro dagli intrighi e dalle blandizie di Roma.
But let us not forget, even at this time our joy at his virtuous life and the care he took to keep his realm free from the intrigues and blandishments of Rome.

Il presidente Eisenhower mantenne le truppe sul posto... t... soddisfacenti assicurazioni inequivocabili che agli ordini...
President Eisenhower was determined to keep the troops there until-- ...satisfactory or unequivocal assurances that--

(" Ma non mantenni Ia promessa.
But I didn't keep my promise.

maintain verb

Mantenne sempre un'espressione concentrata, irritata, triste.
He maintained a bemused, bored, even a sad demeanour.

Mantenne un contatto radio?
Did he maintain radio contact?

Roma costruì e mantenne più di diecimila miglia di strade in tutto l' Impero.
Rome constructed and maintained more than 10 thousand miles of roads - throughout its empire.

hold verb

Veramente, le prime due volte non mantenni la forma di proposito.
Actually, the first two times I didn't hold my shape on purpose.

Fantozzi, invece, si mantenne fedele al suo stile.
Fantozzi, on the contrary was holding to his own style.

Mantenne la speranza che qualche tipo di soluzione potesse funzionare, e permettere al Vietnam del Sud di mantenere una forma di indipendenza, o di autonomia.
He had been holding out hope that some kind of third-party solution could be worked out so that South Vietnam could continue with some form of independence or autonomy.

Mantenne la promessa: i mattoni erano di cioccolato e il cemento che li univa era di cioccolato.
True to his word, the bricks were chocolate and the cement holding them together was chocolate.

support verb

Si trasferì a Greenwich Village e si mantenne... Girando documentari, giocando a scacchi a Washington Square... E partecipando a tornei a pagamento ma che non sarebbero bastati...
He moved to Greenwich Village and supported himself by making short documentaries, hustling chess in Washington Square and playing tournaments for money that wouldn't be enough to fund an entire film.

Lui lo mantenne, quel bambino.
You know, he supported that child.

Dopo la precoce morte di suo padre, mio padre lo mantenne a scuola nonche' a Cambridge, e sperava che avrebbe fatto della carriera ecclesiastica la sua professione.
After his father's early death, my father supported him at school and at Cambridge, and hoped he would make the church his profession.