tiña

Meaning

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ter

Sentences

Estaba casado e tiña unha filla .

He was married and had a daughter.

Este nome xa tiña tradición na cidade .

This name already had a tradition in the city.

O seu pai morreu cando tiña once anos .

His father died when he was eleven years old.

Tiña só once anos pero era todas as mulleres que foron e que serán .

I was only eleven years old but it was all women who had been and who would be.

Ela tiña un pazo de verán na costa sur ó que iamos con frecuencia .

She had a summer break on the south coast that we used to go to often.

Tiña vinte empregados en nómina.

He had twenty employees on payroll.

Mesmo se di que tiña a capacidade de metamorfosearse a si mesmo .

Even he was said to have the ability to metamorphose himself.

Miriam tiña ese engado particular ós meus ollos.

Miriam had that special addition in my eyes.