Sustento in english
Livelihood
pronunciation: laɪvlihʊd part of speech: noun
pronunciation: laɪvlihʊd part of speech: noun
In gestures
sustentar = support ; sustain ; underpin.
Example: In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.Example: Publishers in the United Stated benefit from a larger home market which serves to sustain the production of an information tool.Example: This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.more:
» sustentar + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + argument .
Example: One strategy that she uses to support her argument is exemplification, specifically the use of numbers and statistical representations.» sustentar + Posesivo + familia = support + Posesivo + family .
Example: In this poignant drama Sita, a spirited young woman, works to support her family as a singer and prostitute in a local brothel.» sustentar + Posesivo + idea = support + Posesivo + idea ; sustain + Posesivo + idea .
Example: In this excerpt, Woolf uses a highly original analogy, or comparison, to support her idea about women. Example: However, tried as she might, Mary could never drum up enough sales to sustain her idea -- many women considered her invention to be too taboo.» sustentar + Posesivo + teoría = support + Posesivo + theory .
Example: I think this idea is completely ludicrous, but the method used to support her theory is nicely done.sustento1 = nourishment.
Example: He was swept across the intersection by a miscellaneous crowd of anxious, energetic persons in search of business or raiment or nourishment or whatever.sustento2 = lifeline ; livelihood ; sustenance ; subsistence ; backup [back-up] ; meal ticket.
Example: The challenge to the information professional is to integrate the use of information into the fabric of society, in step with the realization that information flow is the lifeline of modern democracies.Example: Reference librarianship is 'as much a passion as a livelihood, less a profession than a privilege'.Example: The adoption of a marketing approach will help libraries not only in their own self sustenance, but also in the sustenance and self sufficiency of their information products and services.Example: OCLC is self-supporting and does not require subsistence from outside funding.Example: The aggressiveness of a number of publications on this subject, replete with their accusations without any backup, can be interpreted as settling of scores.Example: He's more meal ticket than husband, and wants out = He's more meal ticket than husband, and wants out.