Meaning of "sustento"

sustento •

n.
• • allowance, support magsustento, sustentuhan, sustentuhin (mag-:-an, -in)

v.
• • to support, to finance. Nagsusustento si Nonong sa kanyang kapatid. Nonong is supporting his brother (or sister). Sustentuhan mo ang aking pag-aaral. Support me in my studies.

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support

v.
• • 1. to hold up,to keep from falling: magtukod, tukuran, mag-alalay, umalalay, alalayan
  • 2. to prop: magsuhay, suhayan
  • 3. to keep up, to help, to give strength or courage to: magtaguyod, itaguyod, tumulong, tulungan
  • 4. to provide for: magtustos, tustusan, magsustento, sustentuhan
  • 5. to be in favor of, to back up, to second: kumatig, katigan, magtaguyod, itaguyod
  • 6. to help prove, to bear out: magpatunay, patunayan, magpatotoo, patotohanan

n.
• • 1. the act of supporting, condition of being supported, help, aid: tulong, pagtulong, taguyod, pagtataguyod, tustos, pagtustos, pagtutustos, sustento, pagsustento, pagsusustento
  • 2. a person or thing that supports: tagataguyod, tagakatig, tagasustento, tagatustos
  • 3. a prop: tukod, suhay sure

adj.
• • 1. certain, free from doubt: tiyak, piho, pihado, sigurado
  • 2. safe, reliable: maaasahan, sigurado, tapat, mapagtitiwalaan
  • 3. firm: matatag adv. 1. surely, certainly (American colloquialism): sigurado, tiyak, nakatitiyak
  • 2. to be sure may sometimes mean certainly: tiyak, sigurado, pihado
  • 3. to make sure, to be certain: tumiyak, tiyakin, magsiguro, siguruhin, siguraduhin, pumiho, pihuhin

stay

n.
• • 1. a staying, stop, time spent: pagtigil, pamamalagi, pagtira
  • 2. a support, prop, brace: tukod, suhay, sustento, tagasustento, tagatustos ng ikinabubuhay

v.
• • 1. to continue to be as indicated: manatili
  • 2. to remain: manatili, matira, tumira, magpaiwan
  • 3. to live for a while, dwell: tumira, manirahan
  • 4. to hold back, delay: bumimbin, bimbinin, pumigil, pigilin

pension

n.
• • a regular payment to a person which is not wages: pensiyon, sustini, sustento

v.
• • to give a pension to: magpensiyon, pensiyunan, magsustini, sustinihan, magsustento, sustentuhan