The Italian verb mantenere means "to maintain". Below are its 7 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of mantenere is io mantengo, tu mantieni, lui/lei mantiene, noi manteniamo, voi mantenete, loro mantengono. It is irregular: 4 of its 6 present forms break the regular -ere pattern. Its gerund is mantenendo and its past participle is mantenuto. Its compound tenses are formed with avere. Every present form and 4 example sentences have a listen button.
Forms in orange break the regular -ere pattern.
| io | mantengo (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | mantieni (irregular) | |
| lui/ | mantiene (irregular) | |
| noi | manteniamo | |
| voi | mantenete | |
| loro | mantengono (irregular) |
| io | ho mantenuto |
|---|---|
| tu | hai mantenuto |
| lui/ | ha mantenuto |
| noi | abbiamo mantenuto |
| voi | avete mantenuto |
| loro | hanno mantenuto |
| io | mantenevo |
|---|---|
| tu | mantenevi |
| lui/ | manteneva |
| noi | mantenevamo |
| voi | mantenevate |
| loro | mantenevano |
| io | manterrò (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | manterrai (irregular) |
| lui/ | manterrà (irregular) |
| noi | manterremo (irregular) |
| voi | manterrete (irregular) |
| loro | manterranno (irregular) |
| io | manterrei (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | manterresti (irregular) |
| lui/ | manterrebbe (irregular) |
| noi | manterremmo (irregular) |
| voi | manterreste (irregular) |
| loro | manterrebbero (irregular) |
| che io | mantenga (irregular) |
|---|---|
| che tu | mantenga (irregular) |
| che lui/ | mantenga (irregular) |
| che noi | manteniamo |
| che voi | manteniate |
| che loro | mantengano (irregular) |
| tu | mantieni (irregular) |
|---|---|
| Lei | mantenga (irregular) |
| noi | manteniamo |
| voi | mantenete |
| loro | mantengano (irregular) |
Mantenere is irregular. The present has mantengo, mantieni, mantiene, and mantengono, while the future and conditional use manterrò and manterrei. The past participle is mantenuto.
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Mantenere is irregular. Its table includes mantengo, manterrò, and mantenga.
The future uses the stem manterr. The forms are manterrò, manterrai, manterrà, manterremo, manterrete, and manterranno.
The past participle is mantenuto and the auxiliary is avere. The passato prossimo includes ho mantenuto and abbiamo mantenuto.