# mantener

- **Language:** Spanish
- **Level:** B2 (Upper-intermediate)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /manteˈneɾ/
- **English:** maintain
- **Persian:** حفظ کردن، نگهداری کردن
- **Definition:** To keep something in good condition or at the same level.

## Example

> Es importante mantener un peso saludable.
> It is important to maintain a healthy weight.
> حفظ وزن سالم مهم است.

## Word forms

- noun: mantenimiento

## Common phrases

- mantener un coche
- mantener el contacto
- mantener los estándares

## Related words

- [toparse con](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/toparse-con): encounter (B2)
- [obtener](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/obtener): obtain (B2)
- [evitar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/evitar): avoid (B1)
- [continuar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/continuar): continue (B1)
- [empezar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/empezar): start (A2)
- [terminar](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/terminar): finish (A2)
- [eludir](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/eludir): circumvent (C2)
- [somero](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/somero): perfunctory (C2)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/spanish/mantener