tener

Significado (English)

  1. (literally, transitive) to have, possess
  2. (transitive) to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality)
  3. (transitive) to hold, grasp
  4. (transitive) to contain, to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.)
  5. (transitive) to have, feel (internally)
  6. (transitive) to make to feel
  7. (transitive) to have (a measure or age)
  8. to have to
  9. to get (e.g. to get a minute, to get an idea, to get a chance, to get a concussion/bruise/headache, to get in an accident, to get a place, to get a view of, to get a meeting, to get a vision, etc.)
  10. to keep, to bear (in certain phrases; e.g. to bear in mind, bear a resemblance, keep a journal/diary, keep around something or someone)
  11. to make (in a few select phrases)
  12. (reflexive) to be taken (usually has deber for an auxiliary verb when used)

Frecuencia

A1
Con guion como
te‧ner
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/teˈneɾ/
Etimología (English)

In summary

Inherited from Latin tenēre, teneō (“hold, keep, have”), from Proto-Italic *tenēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). The preterite forms in tuv- are from contamination with those of the near-synonymous haber, hub-.

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