tinham

Meaning

third-person plural imperfect 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

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ̃w̃/

Sentences

Quantas crianças tinham outros tipos de animais de estimação ?

How many children had other types of pets?

Durante o resto do ano , as avós tinham outros recursos .

During the rest of the year, the grandmothers had other resources.

Alguns deles tinham binóculos .

Some of them had binoculars.

Eles eram homens do deserto e tinham medo de feiticeiros .

They were men of the desert and were afraid of sorcerers.

Ditas assim , pela voz do outro , tinham um tom de mistério e ameaça .

Spoken like this, through the voice of the other, they had a tone of mystery and threat.