tenho

Meaning

first-person singular present indicative of ter

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
te‧nho
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtẽ.ɲu/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tenho, from Latin teneō. Cognate with Galician teño and Spanish tengo. Also compare with venho.

Cognate with Galician
Galician
teño
Cognate with Spanish
Spanish
tengo
New
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) must; to have to
  12. (auxiliary,imperfect,indicative) to have
  13. (auxiliary,indicative,present) to have
  14. (auxiliary,conditional) to have
  15. (Brazil,impersonal,transitive) there be (to exist, physically or abstractly)
  16. (transitive) to give birth to
  17. (transitive) to consider (assign some quality to)
  18. (intransitive) to go to; to interact

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