Etymology, Spanish, Tener
Etymology From Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō (“to hold, to have”), from Proto-Italic *tenēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Pronunciation IPA(key): /teˈneɾ/, [t̪eˈneɾ] Verb tener (first-person singular present tengo, first-person singular preterite tuve, past participle tenido) (transitive, literally) to have, possess synonym ▲ Ella tiene seis hermanos. ― She has six brothers. Tengo una pluma. ― I have a…