teneo

Meaning

(conjugation-2) to hold, have; to grasp
(conjugation-2) to possess, occupy, control
(conjugation-2) to watch, guard, maintain, defend; to retain, keep
(conjugation-2) to reach, attain; to gain, acquire, obtain
(conjugation-2) to hold fast or back, restrain, detain, check, confine, control; to bind, fetter
(conjugation-2, reflexive) to keep back, remain, stay, hold position
(conjugation-2) to know, grasp, understand, conceive
(conjugation-2) to recollect, retain knowledge of, remember, bear in mind
(conjugation-2) to insist, uphold
(conjugation-2) to be binding on; to bind, hold, obligate
(conjugation-2) to arrive at a place, reach
(conjugation-2) to set, fix, hold on a fixed position
(conjugation-2) to hold in prison
(conjugation-2) to comprise, contain, include, hold
(conjugation-2) to hold someone's interest, to be interesting (to someone)
(conjugation-2) to embrace, hug
(conjugation-2) to hold on, last

hold

’ve

subaudio

meminisse

nectō

habeō

iungō

cōnectō

reservare

inhaereo

memoror

subadio

comprehendō

intellegō

αμπάρι

αποφεύγω

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtɛ.ne.oː]

From Proto-Italic *tenēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). See also Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Persian تنیدن (tanidan, “to weave”), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan.