retener
Meaning
- to retain, to remember
- to withhold, hold, to keep
- to hold back
- to catch, to detain
- to sequester
Frequency
Hyphenated as
re‧te‧ner
Pronounced as (IPA)
/reteˈneɾ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin retinēre, with conjugation based on tener.
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