English-Spanish translations for tenable

• defendible
  Está claro que esto debe cambiar porque ya no es defendible. This clearly needs to change because it is no longer tenable.
  Tiene que ser clara y defendible jurídicamente. It needs to be clear and legally tenable.
  Es un principio que también es defendible de cara al futuro. This principle is also tenable looking to the future.
• sostenible
  Esta actitud simplemente no es sostenible. This attitude is quite simply not tenable.
  Hay dos puntos de vista perfectamente válidos y sostenibles. There are two perfectly valid, tenable points of view.
  Hoy, la situación ya no resulta sostenible. Today the situation is no longer tenable.

Definition of tenable

• capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
• Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
• Fit for habitation, similar, or related use

Examples

• Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwins theory of evolution to be tenable at all.

Related words

• untenable
• unlistenable
• shortenable