(transitive) to hold; to set aside; to conserve / (transitive) to hold; to hold (one's spot in line, etc.) / (transitive) to hold; to reserve / (transitive) to hold / (transitive) to keep / (transitive, intransitive) to hold up; to sustain / (transitive) continue to wear; to not remove (a garment); to keep on (a garment) / (transitive) to take / (transitive, sometimes southern Italy) to have; to possess / (transitive) to treat (in a certain way) / (transitive) to have employed / (transitive) to manage / (transitive) to carry out (of a speech, lesson, etc.) / (transitive) to have over or keep (at a place) / (transitive) to hold back (an impulse, feeling, etc.) / (transitive) to look over or take care of / (transitive) to assume or take up (a behavior, attitude, etc.) / (transitive) to take up (to occupy space) / (transitive, informal) to contain / (transitive, military) to defend (a position, etc.) from enemy attack

feminine plural of tenero

(idiomatic, transitive) to keep an eye on

(transitive, intransitive) to consider; to take into account

to take into consideration

to persist, resist

(idiomatic, intransitive) to resist tenaciously in difficult situations; to refuse to give up; to hold out

to stand up or square up [+ a (object) = to]

to respect an existing promise, commitment, etc.; to keep; to honor

(idiomatic) to keep up [+ a (someone) = with]