mantenéis

Mantenéis is the second-person plural present indicative form of the Spanish verb mantener. It corresponds to the English “you all keep” or “you all maintain” and is used when addressing more than one person informally in Spain. The base verb mantener means to keep, to maintain, to support, or to preserve; it is a transitive verb that governs other elements in a sentence.

In present tense conjugation, mantener is a stem-changing verb in the vosotros form: yo mantengo, tú mantienes, él mantiene, nosotros mantenemos, vosotros mantenéis, ellos mantienen. The vosotros form mantenés/ mantenéis carries an accent on the e to indicate the correct stress on that syllable.

Regional usage varies: in most of Latin America, the pronoun ustedes is used for “you all,” with the corresponding present indicative mantener: ustedes mantienen. In contrast, manténéis is typical of Spain’s informal second-person plural, where vosotros forms are standard in everyday speech and many formal contexts.

Related forms and grammar notes: mantenéis is an indicative mood form, not a command. The affirmative imperative for vosotros is mantened, and the negative imperative is no mantengáis. The verb can also appear in other tenses and moods with different endings (e.g., mantuve, mantendré, mantuviera).

Examples:

- Mantenéis una relación cordial con vuestros vecinos.

- Mantenéis la distancia adecuada en el mostrador.