tener

Meaning

(literally,transitive) to have, possess
(transitive) to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality)
(transitive) to hold, grasp
(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.)
(transitive) to have, feel (internally)
(transitive) to make to feel
(transitive) to have (a measure or age)
to have to
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.)
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)
to make (in a few select phrases)
(reflexive) to be taken (usually has deber for an auxiliary verb when used)

have

hold

need to

to feel

have for

possession of

to wear

raise children

’ve

be in the way

ser de

hacer aceptar

hacer caminar

poner obstáculos

el que tiene

atajar el camino

tener todo

dejar andar

hacer andar

protejar

dueño de

traer al mundo

enemistarse con otro

maldecir de otro

Frequency

Hyphenated as

te‧ner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/teˈneɾ/

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-.