Italienska | Engelska |
---|---|
sostenere verb | abet [abetted, abetting, abets](to support, uphold, or aid) advocate [advocated, advocating, advocates](encourage support for) allege [alleged, alleging, alleges](to state under oath) argue [argued, arguing, argues](to present a viewpoint) assert [asserted, asserting, asserts](To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures) back [backed, backing, backs](to support) bolster [bolstered, bolstering, bolsters](to brace, reinforce, secure, or support) buttress [buttressed, buttressing, buttresses](support something or someone by supplying evidence) cheer up(to become happy) empower [empowered, empowering, empowers](to give confidence and/or strength to) foster [fostered, fostering, fosters](to nurse or cherish something) have someone's back(be prepared and willing to support or defend someone) hold up(to withstand; to stand up to; to survive) pitch [pitched, pitching, pitches](to promote, advertise, or attempt to sell) posit [posited, positing, posits](to postulate) promote [promoted, promoting, promotes](advocate or urge on behalf of something) second [seconded, seconding, seconds](to agree as a second person) shore up(to reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure)) stand [stood, standing, stands](to undergo; withstand; hold up) stand for(to advocate or support) underpin [underpinned, underpinning, underpins](To support from below with props or masonry) uphold [upheld, upheld, upholding, upholds](to support by approval or encouragement) |
sostenere il peso maggiore verb | bear the brunt(to endure the worst part of something) |
trattenere verb | detain [detained, detaining, detains](put under custody) grab [grabbed, grabbing, grabs](to restrain someone; to arrest) harness [harnessed, harnessing, harnesses](to place a harness on something) hold [held, holding, holds](to cause to wait) keep [kept, kept, keeping, keeps](to restrain) restrain [restrained, restraining, restrains](to control or keep in check) stifle [stifled, stifling, stifles](to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)) withhold [withheld, withheld, withholding, withholds](to keep an object) |
trattenere il fiato verb | gasp [gasped, gasping, gasps](to draw in the breath suddenly) hold one's breath(to hold one's breath) |