tener

Spanish

/teˈneɾ/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to have, possess literally
  • (transitive) to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality)
  • (transitive) to hold, grasp
  • (transitive) to contain, to hold e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.
  • (transitive) to have, feel (internally)
  • (transitive) to make to feel
  • (transitive) to have (a measure or age)
  • used with que To have to
  • to get e.g. to get a minute, to get an idea, to get a chance, to get a concussion/bruise/headache, to get in an accident, to get a place, to get a view of, to get a meeting, to get a vision, etc.
  • to keep, to bear in certain phrases, e.g. to bear in mind, bear a resemblance, keep a journal/diary, keep around something or someone
  • to make in a few select phrases
  • (reflexive) to be taken usually has l

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tenēre (hold, have) inherited from Proto-Italic *tenēō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ten-

Gloss

stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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