tener

See also: téner

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō.

Verb

tener

1. to have, hold

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō.

Verb

tener

1. have got, to have
2. to have to (indicates necessity)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tener

infinitive		tener
gerundive		teniendo
participle		m teniú, f tenida, n tenío, m pl teníos, f pl teníes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	tengo/teo/to	tienes	tien	tenemos	tenéis	tienen
	preterite imperfect	tenía	teníes	tenía	teníamos/teníemos	teníais/teníeis	teníen
	preterite indefinite	tevi/tuvi	tuviesti/tuvisti	tevo/tuvo	tuviemos/tuvimos	tuviestis/tuvistis	tuvieron
	pluperfect	tuviera/tuviere	tuvieras/tuvieres	tuviera/tuviere	tuviéramos/tuviéremos	tuvierais/tuviereis	tuvieran/tuvieren
subjunctive	present	tenga	tengas	tenga	tengamos	tengáis	tengan
	preterite imperfect	tuviera/tuviere	tuvieras/tuvieres	tuviera/tuviere	tuviéramos/tuviéremos	tuvierais/tuviereis	tuvieran/tuvieren
potential	future	tendré	tendrás	tendrá	tendremos	tendréis	tendrán
	conditional	tendría	tendríes	tendría	tendríamos/tendríemos	tendríais/tendríeis	tendríen
imperative			ten			tenéi

• Reference http://www.academiadelallingua.com/diccionariu/gramatica_llingua.pdf

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Interlingua

Verb

tener

1. to hold

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tener

infinitive		tener
participle		present	perfect
		tenente	tenite
active		simple	perfect
	present	tene	ha tenite
	past	teneva	habeva tenite
	future	tenera	habera tenite
	conditional	tenerea	haberea tenite
	imperative	tene
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es tenite	ha essite tenite
	past	esseva tenite	habeva essite tenite
	future	essera tenite	habera essite tenite
	conditional	esserea tenite	haberea essite tenite
	imperative	sia tenite

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Interlingue

Verb

1. to hold

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tener

infinitive	tener
participle	present	perfect
	tenent	tenet
present	simple	perfect
	tene	ha tenet
past	tenet	hat tenet
future	va tener	va har tenet
conditional	vell tener	vell har tenet
subjunctive	teneye	haye tenet
imperative	tene

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Italian

Verb

tener

1. Apocopic form of tenere

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ner/, [ˈt̪ɛnɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ner/, [ˈt̪ɛːner]

Adjective

tener (feminine tenera, neuter tenerum, comparative tenerior, superlative tenerrimus, adverb tenerē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. soft, delicate, tender
2. young, youthful
3. effeminate, sensitive
4. (poetic) erotic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tener	tenera	tenerum		tenerī	tenerae	tenera
Genitive	tenerī	tenerae	tenerī		tenerōrum	tenerārum	tenerōrum
Dative	tenerō		tenerō		tenerīs
Accusative	tenerum	teneram	tenerum		tenerōs	tenerās	tenera
Ablative	tenerō	tenerā	tenerō		tenerīs
Vocative	tener	tenera	tenerum		tenerī	tenerae	tenera

Derived terms

• tenellulus
• tenerāscō
• tenerē
• teneritās

Descendants

• Aromanian: tinir
• Asturian: tienru
• Catalan: tendre
• English: tender
• French: tendre
• Friulian: tenar
• Galician: tenro

• Italian: tenero
• Occitan: tèndre
• Portuguese: terno, tenro
• Romanian: tânăr
• Romansch: tener, tegnair
• Sicilian: tènniru, tènnuru
• Spanish: tierno
• Venetian: tènaro, tèndro, tènero

References

• “tener”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tener”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tener in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be confined to one's bed: lecto teneri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in gross error, seriously misled: magno errore teneri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be enamoured of philosophy: philosophiae (sapientiae) studio teneri (Acad. 1. 2. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to cherish a hope: spe duci, niti, teneri
    
  • (ambiguous) to long for a thing, yearn for it: desiderio alicuius rei teneri, affici (more strongly flagrare, incensum esse)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be bound by one's word; to be on one's honour: fide obstrictum teneri (Pis. 13. 29)
    
  • (ambiguous) to have an inclination for a thing: studio alicuius rei teneri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be bound by oath: iureiurando teneri (Off. 3. 27. 100)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be the slave of superstition: superstitione teneri, constrictum esse, obligatum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be bound by a law: lege teneri
    
  • (ambiguous) to be convicted by some one's evidence: testibus teneri, convictum esse
    

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Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin tener, tenerum.

Adjective

tener m (feminine singular tenra, masculine plural teners, feminine plural tenras)

1. tender

Etymology 2

From Latin teneō, tenēre.

Verb

tener

1. (Sursilvan) to hold, keep

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) tegnair
• (Sutsilvan) taner
• (Surmiran) tigneir
• (Puter, Vallader) tgnair

Derived terms

• tener cumpignia
• tener distanza
• tener ils polischs
• tener ora
• tener plaid
• tener quen
• tener si
• tenercasa

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tenēre (“to hold, to have”), present active infinitive of teneō (“I hold, I have”), from Proto-Italic *tenēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈneɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to have, possess (literally)

   Ella tiene seis hermanos. ― She has six brothers.

   Tengo una pluma. ― I have a pen.

2. (transitive) to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality)

   Usted tiene suerte. ― You are lucky. (literally: “You have luck.”)

   ¡Ten cuidado! ― Be careful! (literally: “Have care!”)

   ¿Quién tiene razón? ― Who is right? (literally: “Who has reason?”)

   Ese que ― Who is right?

3. (transitive) to hold, grasp

   Ten esto. ― Hold this.

4. (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.)

   Este tarro tiene las cenizas. ― This jar contains the ashes.

   El estadio es enorme. Puede tener una capacidad de hasta cien mil espectadores.

   The stadium is huge. It can hold up to one hundred thousand spectators.

   Solía pensar que ese libro tenía todas las respuestas.

   I used to think that book held all the answers.

5. (transitive) to have, feel (internally)

   Él le tiene mucho cariño a ella. ― He has much admiration for her.

   Tengo frío. ― I feel cold.

   Tenemos hambre. ― We are hungry. (literally: “We have hunger.”)

6. (transitive) to make to feel

   Eso nos tiene tristes. ― That makes us sad.

7. (transitive) to have (a measure or age)

   Tiene tres metros de ancho. ― It is three metres wide. (literally: “It has three metres of width.”)

   Tengo veinte años. ― I am twenty years (old). (literally: “I have twenty years.”)

8. (used with que) To have to

   Tengo que salir ahora. - "I have to leave now."

9. 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.)

   Ese cadete necesita tenerlo bajo control. ― That cadet needs to get it under control.

10. 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)

    Ten en cuenta que es más difícil de volver a subir al cañón que descenderlo.

    Keep in mind that it's more difficult to go back up the canyon than to go down it.

    Pronto voy a comprobar sus billetes, así que ténganlos a manos.

    I will soon be checking your tickets, so keep them handy.

    Ella tuvo diez hijos, todos partos naturales. ― She bore ten children, all natural births.

11. to make (in a few select phrases)

    Ahora todo tiene sentido. ― Now everything makes sense.

12. (reflexive) to be taken (usually has deber for an auxiliary verb when used)

Usage notes

Tener does not use the personal "a".

In the sense (to feel): tener is often used with nouns like calor (“heat”), frío (“cold”), hambre (“hunger”), sed (“thirst”), to indicate states; English would use adjectives instead

• Tengo hambre

  I'm hungry (literally "I have hunger")

• Tengo miedo

  I'm scared (literally "I have fear")

Synonyms

• (to have, possess): poseer

Derived terms

• llegar a tener (“to get to have”)
• nadar y tener la ropa
• no tener ánimos (“to not feel like, to not be in the mood for”)
• no tener arreglo (“to be beyond repair”)
• no tener cabida en (“to have no place for, to have no room for”) (figuratively)
• tener acceso
• tener algo que ver con
• tener antecedentes (“to have a record”) (penology)
• tener en cuenta
• tener en mente
• tener ganas de
• tener los labios sellados
• tener por
• tener prioridad (“to take precedence, to take priority, to be given priority”)
• tener que
• tener que hacer (“to have to do”)
• tener sentido

 

Related terms

• abstener (“to abstain”)
• atener (“to maintain”)
• contener (“to contain”)
• detener (“to detain”)
• entretener (“to entertain”)
• mantener (“to maintain”)
• manutener (“to maintain”)
• obtener (“to obtain”)
• retener (“to retain”)
• sostener (“to sustain”)
• tenedor
• teniente
• tenis
• tenor

 

See also

• deber
• haber