têm

Meaning

third-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

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtẽj̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: tenent

Cognate with Galician: teñen

Cognate with Spanish: tienen

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese tẽem, from Latin tenent. Cognate with Galician teñen and Spanish tienen. Also compare with vêm.

Sentences

Aqueles são ricos , eles têm amigos .

A good friend is a treasure.

Mas nem todos os corpos têm o mesmo nível de autoridade .

But not all bodies have the same level of authority.

Eles têm o melhor conteúdo da internet !

They have the best content on the internet!

Deus dá pão àqueles que não têm talento .

God gives bread to those who have no talent.

Não há ninguém mais do que nós e eles têm o barco mimado .

There is no one else but us and they have the boat spoiled.

Para o Ocidente , no entanto , eles ainda não têm uma parte dessas mesmas vantagens .

For the West, however, they do not yet have a share of these same advantages.