ter mentes

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tẽer mentes. Literally, to have mind.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ter mentes (first-person singular present teño mentes, first-person singular preterite tiven mentes, past participle tido mentes)

  1. (idiomatic) to think, wonder, think of
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 719:
      Et cada hũ tĩjna mentes se o escollería ela a el.
      And everyone was wondering if he would choose himself or herself
    • 1853, Xosé Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:
      xa morder ti ben non podes
      con tal podrico nos dentes,
      inda no pan teño mentes
      seique non podes chanchar
      you can no longer aptly bite
      with such rottenness in you teeth,
      even bread, I think,
      probably you cannot gnaw
  2. (idiomatic) to intend; to aim
  3. (idiomatic) to hope for
  4. (idiomatic) to covet

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