mantener
Practice-readyto maintain
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Tener means 'to have' or 'to hold.' The stem changes e→ie in stressed forms (tienes, tiene, tienen), and the yo form adds -g- (tengo). Compounds like mantener and contener follow the same pattern.
Conjugation
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Subjuntivo
Subjuntivo
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Presente de subjuntivo
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — mantener
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber mantenido
- Gerundio — manteniendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo mantenido
- Participio — mantenido
Key forms
yo
mantengo
tú
mantienes
él/ella
mantiene
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he mantenido
tú
has mantenido
él/ella
ha mantenido
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
mantuve
tú
mantuviste
él/ella
mantuvo
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
mantenía
tú
mantenías
él/ella
mantenía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había mantenido
tú
habías mantenido
él/ella
había mantenido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube mantenido
tú
hubiste mantenido
él/ella
hubo mantenido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
mantendré
tú
mantendrás
él/ella
mantendrá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
mantendría
tú
mantendrías
él/ella
mantendría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré mantenido
tú
habrás mantenido
él/ella
habrá mantenido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría mantenido
tú
habrías mantenido
él/ella
habría mantenido
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
mantenga
tú
mantengas
él/ella
mantenga
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya mantenido
tú
hayas mantenido
él/ella
haya mantenido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
mantuviera (mantuviese)
tú
mantuvieras (mantuvieses)
él/ella
mantuviera (mantuviese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera mantenido (hubiese mantenido)
tú
hubieras mantenido (hubieses mantenido)
él/ella
hubiera mantenido (hubiese mantenido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
mantuviere
tú
mantuvieres
él/ella
mantuviere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere mantenido
tú
hubieres mantenido
él/ella
hubiere mantenido
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
mantén
él/ella
mantenga
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
mantengas
él/ella
mantenga
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