Verb Lookup
mantener
to keep
🔐 Infinitive · Infinitivo
mantener
mahn-teh-NEHR
to keep
Gerund · Gerundio: manteniendo
Participle · Participio: mantenido
CoreIrregularEveryday
Yo · I
mantengo
keep
Yo mantengo.
I keep.
Tú · You
mantienes
keep
Tú mantienes.
You keep.
Él / Ella · He / She
mantiene
keeps
Él / Ella mantiene.
He / She keeps.
Nosotros · We
mantenemos
keep
Nosotros mantenemos.
We keep.
Ellos · They
mantienen
keep
Ellos mantienen.
They keep.
Why does this change?
- Irregular
- Doesn't follow a predictable pattern in at least one tense — these forms are worth memorizing individually rather than deriving from a rule.
- Stem-changing
- The vowel in the stem changes in most forms (e.g. e→ie, o→ue) — but the endings themselves stay completely regular.
- e→ie in the present tense (except nosotros)
- yo: mantengo
- preterite yo: mantuve
Conjugates exactly like its root verb tener.
Words and phrases · Palabras y frases
Phrases with this verb · Frases con el verbo
- Quédese con el cambio.Keep the change.
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