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  2. /Past reported speech (trapassato prossimo)
  3. /sostenere

sostenere

sostenere
to claim
From Lesson 217:Past reported speech (trapassato prossimo)·Italian

Usages of sostenere

Il testimone ha sostenuto alla giuria che non aveva visto l'arma.
The witness claimed to the jury that he had not seen the weapon.
Ho sostenuto che avevo nascosto l'arma nel cassetto.
I claimed that I had hidden the weapon in the drawer.
Sostiene di eccellere in matematica.
He claims to excel in mathematics.
Sostiene di essere altruista, ma in realtà è un ipocrita.
He claims to be altruistic, but in reality he is a hypocrite.

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