Category: Spanish

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…

Forest of Beech Trees, Klimt   Etymology From Old Spanish arbol, arbor, from Latin arbor, arborem (compare Catalan arbre, French arbre, Galician árbore, Italian albero, Portuguese árvore, Romanian arbore, Sicilian àrbulu), from Old Latin arbōs, arbōsis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (“high, to grow”). Pronunciation: IPA: /ˈaɾbol/, [ˈaɾ.β̞ol]