tener tela

Spanish

Verb

tener tela (first-person singular present tengo tela, first-person singular preterite tuve tela, past participle tenido tela)

1. (idiomatic) to be really tough; to be tricky

   Synonym: tener tela marinera

2. (idiomatic) to be great or immense

See also

• tener mucha tela que cortar

Further reading

• “tener tela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28