mantenido

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manteˈnido/ [mãn̪.t̪eˈni.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: man‧te‧ni‧do

Adjective

mantenido (feminine mantenida, masculine plural mantenidos, feminine plural mantenidas)

1. sustained by alimony, kept
2. freeloading

Noun

mantenido m (plural mantenidos, feminine mantenida, feminine plural mantenidas)

1. kept man, kept woman
2. (derogatory) freeloader

Participle

mantenido (feminine mantenida, masculine plural mantenidos, feminine plural mantenidas)

1. past participle of mantener

Further reading

• “mantenido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10