soster

See also: söster and søster

Galician

Alternative forms

• suster

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sostẽer, from Latin sustinēre (“to support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soz̺ˈteːɾ]

Verb

soster (first-person singular present sosteño, first-person singular preterite sostiven, past participle sostido)
soster (first-person singular present sosto, first-person singular preterite sostim or sosti, past participle sostido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to hold up, support

Conjugation

    Conjugation of soster (irregular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	soster
Personal	soster	sosteres	soster	sostermos	sosterdes	sosteren
Gerund
	sostendo
Past participle
Masculine	sostido			sostidos
Feminine	sostida			sostidas
Indicative
Present	sosteño	sostés	sostén	sostemos	sostendes, sostedes	sosteñen
Imperfect	sostiña	sostiñas	sostiña	sostiñamos	sostiñades	sostiñan
Preterite	sostiven	sostiveches	sostivo	sostivemos	sostivestes	sostiveron
Pluperfect	sostivera	sostiveras	sostivera	sostiveramos	sostiverades	sostiveran
Future	sosterei	sosterás	sosterá	sosteremos	sosteredes	sosterán
Conditional	sostería	sosterías	sostería	sosteriamos	sosteriades	sosterían
Subjunctive
Present	sosteña	sosteñas	sosteña	sosteñamos	sosteñades	sosteñan
Imperfect	sostivese	sostiveses	sostivese	sostivésemos	sostivésedes	sostivesen
Future	sostiver	sostiveres	sostiver	sostivermos	sostiverdes	sostiveren
Imperative
Affirmative		sostén	sosteña	sosteñamos	sostende, sostede	sosteñan
Negative (non)		non sosteñas	non sosteña	non sosteñamos	non sosteñades	non sosteñan

    Reintegrated conjugation of soster (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	soster
Personal	soster	sosteres	soster	sostermos	sosterdes	sosterem
Gerund
	sostendo
Past participle
Masculine	sostido			sostidos
Feminine	sostida			sostidas
Indicative
Present	sosto	sostes	soste	sostemos	sostedes, sosteis	sostem
Imperfect	sostia	sostias	sostia	sostíamos	sostíades, sostíeis, sostíais1	sostiam
Preterite	sostim, sosti	sosteste, sosteche1	sosteu	sostemos	sostestes	sostêrom, sosteram
Pluperfect	sostera	sosteras	sostera	sostêramos	sostêrades, sostêreis, sostêrais1	sosteram
Future	sosterei	sosterás	sosterá	sosteremos	sosteredes, sostereis	sosterám, sosterão
Conditional	sosteria	sosterias	sosteria	sosteríamos	sosteríades, sosteríeis, sosteríais1	sosteriam
Subjunctive
Present	sosta	sostas	sosta	sostamos	sostades, sostais	sostam
Imperfect	sostesse	sostesses	sostesse	sostêssemos	sostêssedes, sostêsseis	sostessem
Future	soster	sosteres	soster	sostermos	sosterdes	sosterem
Imperative
Affirmative		soste	sosta	sostamos	sostede, sostei	sostam
Negative (nom)		nom sostas	nom sosta	nom sostamos	nom sostades, nom sostais	nom sostam

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• sostemento

Related terms

• abster
• ater
• conter
• deter
• entreter
• manter
• reter
• ter

Further reading

• “soster”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “soster”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Middle English

Noun

soster

1. alternative form of suster