soporte

support, stand

noun soh-POHR-teh Rare

Also means

backing, technical support

Usage Note

Soporte covers a physical support or stand (soporte para el móvil) and technical or customer support (servicio de soporte técnico). It also appears in the phrase en soporte digital/físico ('in digital/physical format') when talking about media. The verb is soportar, but note that soportar primarily means 'to bear/tolerate', not 'to support' in the sense of backing someone (use apoyar for that).

Examples

"Llamé al servicio de soporte técnico para resolver el problema."

Natural Translation

I called technical support to resolve the problem.

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