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tener


Main Entry: tener
Function: transitive verb
Language: Spanish
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1 : to have <tiene ojos verdes : she has green eyes> <tengo mucho que hacer : I have a lot to do> <tiene veinte años : he's twenty years old> <tiene un metro de largo : it's one meter long>
2 : to hold <ten esto un momento : hold this for a moment>
3 : to feel, to make <tengo frío : I'm cold> <eso nos tiene contentos : that makes us happy>
4 tener por : to think, to consider <me tienes por loco : you think I'm crazy>

auxiliary verb

1 tener que : to have to <tengo que salir : I have to leave> <tiene que estar aquí : it has to be here, it must be here>
2 (with past participle) <tenía pensado escribirte : I've been thinking of writing to you>

tenerse reflexive verb>

1 : to stand up
2 tenerse por : to consider oneself <me tengo por afortunado : I consider myself lucky>


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