manutención

maintenance

noun mah-noo-ten-SYOHN Rare

Origin: From Latin manutenere (to hold in hand).

Also means

financial support

Usage Note

Manutención primarily means financial support or upkeep of a person (especially child support: manutención de los hijos) and secondarily the cost of food and lodging. It differs from mantenimiento, which more often means technical maintenance of machinery or infrastructure. Both are feminine -ción nouns.

Examples

"El padre paga la manutención de sus hijos."

Natural Translation

The father pays child support for his children.

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