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)

Concepts

have

hold

possess

keep

have got

own

take

experience

bear

must

contain

carry

belong

feature

deliver

give birth

get

receive

make

hang onto

maintain

retain

desire

wish

feel

wear

sustain

be in the way

block

defend

delay

detain

forbid

halt

hinder

hold back

impede

interrupt

obstruct

prevent

prohibit

stop

assimilate

convince

perceive

exist

mean

conduct

drive

breed

bring up

care for

educate

raise

raise children

rear

having

with

look after

take care

affected

birth

old

should

succeed

have to

need to

ought to

have for

to wear

to feel

enjoy

grab

aught

’ve

got

possession of

had

holds

Frequency

Hyphenated as

te‧ner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/teˈneɾ/

Etymology

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-.