Meaning

first-person plural present indicative of ter

ter

  1. (transitive) to have
  2. (intransitive) to have
  3. (transitive) to have
  4. (transitive) to have
  5. (transitive) to have
  6. (transitive) to have
  7. (transitive) to have
  8. (transitive) to have
  9. (transitive) to have
  10. (Brazil, intransitive) to have
  11. (auxiliary) to have
  12. (auxiliary) See ter de, ter que.
  13. (Brazil, impersonal, informal, transitive) there be (to exist, physically or abstractly)
  14. (transitive) to give birth to
  15. (transitive) to consider (assign some quality to)
  16. (transitive) to go to; to interact

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtẽ.mus/
Etymology

In summary

From Latin tenēmus. Cognate with Galician temos and Spanish tenemos. Also compare with vimos.

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