Mantener Conjugation

to maintain/keep in Spanish

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

manteniendo

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

mantenido

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	manteno I maintain/keep	I maintain/keep
tú	mantenes you maintain/keep	you maintain/keep
él/ella/usted	mantene he/she/you maintain/keeps	he/she/you maintain/keeps
nosotros	mantenemos we maintain/keep	we maintain/keep
vosotros	mantenéis you all maintain/keep	you all maintain/keep
ellos/ustedes	mantenen they/you all maintain/keep	they/you all maintain/keep

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	mantenía I used to maintain/keep	I used to maintain/keep
tú	mantenías you used to maintain/keep	you used to maintain/keep
él/ella/usted	mantenía he/she/you used to maintain/keep	he/she/you used to maintain/keep
nosotros	manteníamos we used to maintain/keep	we used to maintain/keep
vosotros	manteníais you all used to maintain/keep	you all used to maintain/keep
ellos/ustedes	mantenían they/you all used to maintain/keep	they/you all used to maintain/keep

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	mantení I maintain/keeped	I maintain/keeped
tú	manteniste you maintain/keeped	you maintain/keeped
él/ella/usted	mantenió he/she/you maintain/keeped	he/she/you maintain/keeped
nosotros	mantenimos we maintain/keeped	we maintain/keeped
vosotros	mantenisteis you all maintain/keeped	you all maintain/keeped
ellos/ustedes	mantenieron they/you all maintain/keeped	they/you all maintain/keeped

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	manteneré I will maintain/keep	I will maintain/keep
tú	mantenerás you will maintain/keep	you will maintain/keep
él/ella/usted	mantenerá he/she/you will maintain/keep	he/she/you will maintain/keep
nosotros	manteneremos we will maintain/keep	we will maintain/keep
vosotros	manteneréis you all will maintain/keep	you all will maintain/keep
ellos/ustedes	mantenerán they/you all will maintain/keep	they/you all will maintain/keep

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	mantenería I would maintain/keep	I would maintain/keep
tú	mantenerías you would maintain/keep	you would maintain/keep
él/ella/usted	mantenería he/she/you would maintain/keep	he/she/you would maintain/keep
nosotros	manteneríamos we would maintain/keep	we would maintain/keep
vosotros	manteneríais you all would maintain/keep	you all would maintain/keep
ellos/ustedes	mantenerían they/you all would maintain/keep	they/you all would maintain/keep

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	mantena that I maintain/keep	that I maintain/keep
tú	mantenas that you maintain/keep	that you maintain/keep
él/ella/usted	mantena that he/she/you maintain/keep	that he/she/you maintain/keep
nosotros	mantenamos that we maintain/keep	that we maintain/keep
vosotros	mantenáis that you all maintain/keep	that you all maintain/keep
ellos/ustedes	mantenan that they/you all maintain/keep	that they/you all maintain/keep

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	manteniera or manteniese that I maintain/keeped	that I maintain/keeped
tú	mantenieras or mantenieses that you maintain/keeped	that you maintain/keeped
él/ella/usted	manteniera or manteniese that he/she/you maintain/keeped	that he/she/you maintain/keeped
nosotros	manteniéramos or manteniésemos that we maintain/keeped	that we maintain/keeped
vosotros	mantenierais or mantenieseis that you all maintain/keeped	that you all maintain/keeped
ellos/ustedes	mantenieran or manteniesen that they/you all maintain/keeped	that they/you all maintain/keeped

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he mantenido I have maintain/keeped	I have maintain/keeped
tú	has mantenido you have maintain/keeped	you have maintain/keeped
él/ella/usted	ha mantenido he/she/you have maintain/keeped	he/she/you have maintain/keeped
nosotros	hemos mantenido we have maintain/keeped	we have maintain/keeped
vosotros	habéis mantenido you all have maintain/keeped	you all have maintain/keeped
ellos/ustedes	han mantenido they/you all have maintain/keeped	they/you all have maintain/keeped

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había mantenido I had maintain/keeped	I had maintain/keeped
tú	habías mantenido you had maintain/keeped	you had maintain/keeped
él/ella/usted	había mantenido he/she/you had maintain/keeped	he/she/you had maintain/keeped
nosotros	habíamos mantenido we had maintain/keeped	we had maintain/keeped
vosotros	habíais mantenido you all had maintain/keeped	you all had maintain/keeped
ellos/ustedes	habían mantenido they/you all had maintain/keeped	they/you all had maintain/keeped

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube mantenido I had maintain/keeped	I had maintain/keeped
tú	hubiste mantenido you had maintain/keeped	you had maintain/keeped
él/ella/usted	hubo mantenido he/she/you had maintain/keeped	he/she/you had maintain/keeped
nosotros	hubimos mantenido we had maintain/keeped	we had maintain/keeped
vosotros	hubisteis mantenido you all had maintain/keeped	you all had maintain/keeped
ellos/ustedes	hubieron mantenido they/you all had maintain/keeped	they/you all had maintain/keeped

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré mantenido I will have maintain/keeped	I will have maintain/keeped
tú	habrás mantenido you will have maintain/keeped	you will have maintain/keeped
él/ella/usted	habrá mantenido he/she/you will have maintain/keeped	he/she/you will have maintain/keeped
nosotros	habremos mantenido we will have maintain/keeped	we will have maintain/keeped
vosotros	habréis mantenido you all will have maintain/keeped	you all will have maintain/keeped
ellos/ustedes	habrán mantenido they/you all will have maintain/keeped	they/you all will have maintain/keeped

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría mantenido I would have maintain/keeped	I would have maintain/keeped
tú	habrías mantenido you would have maintain/keeped	you would have maintain/keeped
él/ella/usted	habría mantenido he/she/you would have maintain/keeped	he/she/you would have maintain/keeped
nosotros	habríamos mantenido we would have maintain/keeped	we would have maintain/keeped
vosotros	habríais mantenido you all would have maintain/keeped	you all would have maintain/keeped
ellos/ustedes	habrían mantenido they/you all would have maintain/keeped	they/you all would have maintain/keeped

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya mantenido that I have maintain/keeped	that I have maintain/keeped
tú	hayas mantenido that you have maintain/keeped	that you have maintain/keeped
él/ella/usted	haya mantenido that he/she/you have maintain/keeped	that he/she/you have maintain/keeped
nosotros	hayamos mantenido that we have maintain/keeped	that we have maintain/keeped
vosotros	hayáis mantenido that you all have maintain/keeped	that you all have maintain/keeped
ellos/ustedes	hayan mantenido that they/you all have maintain/keeped	that they/you all have maintain/keeped

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera mantenido that I had maintain/keeped	that I had maintain/keeped
tú	hubieras mantenido that you had maintain/keeped	that you had maintain/keeped
él/ella/usted	hubiera mantenido that he/she/you had maintain/keeped	that he/she/you had maintain/keeped
nosotros	hubiéramos mantenido that we had maintain/keeped	that we had maintain/keeped
vosotros	hubierais mantenido that you all had maintain/keeped	that you all had maintain/keeped
ellos/ustedes	hubieran mantenido that they/you all had maintain/keeped	that they/you all had maintain/keeped

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	mantene	maintain/keep! (you)
usted	mantena	maintain/keep! (you formal)
nosotros	mantenamos	let's maintain/keep!
vosotros	mantened	maintain/keep! (you all)
ustedes	mantenan	maintain/keep! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no mantenas	don't maintain/keep! (you)
usted	no mantena	don't maintain/keep! (you formal)
nosotros	no mantenamos	let's not maintain/keep!
vosotros	no mantenáis	don't maintain/keep! (you all)
ustedes	no mantenan	don't maintain/keep! (you all)

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