tener — meaning in English
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English meaning
- be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- carry verb To hold something and move it from one place to another.
- have verb To own or possess something.
- hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
- own adj Belonging to a particular person; used to stress possession.
- stock noun The goods a shop or business keeps available to sell.
Senses
tener is used for these senses in English:
- be (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
- be (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
- carry (transitive) To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- have (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
- hold (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- own (transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
- stock To have on hand for sale.
be — full definition
- verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.
carry — full definition
- verb To hold something and move it from one place to another.
- verb To have something on your person, such as a weapon, illness, or item.
- verb To be responsible for a large share of a team's success.
- verb To be pregnant with (a child).
- verb In arithmetic, to transfer a surplus digit to the next column when adding.