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keep

Spanish translation


1keep

verb
kept, keeping

Translation of KEEP

transitive verb
1
: cumplir (la palabra a uno), acudir a (una cita)
2
observe : observar (una fiesta)
4
continue : mantener <to keep silence : mantener silencio>
5
support : mantener (una familia)
6
raise : criar (animales)
7
: llevar, escribir (un diario, etc.)
10
detain : hacer quedar, detener
11
preserve : guardar <to keep a secret : guardar un secreto>
intransitive verb
1
: conservarse (dícese de los alimentos)
2
continue : seguir, no dejar <he keeps on pestering us : no deja de molestarnos>
3
to keep from : abstenerse de <I couldn't keep from laughing : no podía contener la risa>

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