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Vocabulary
tener
to have; to possess; to have; to possess; to be (a condition or quality); to hold; to grasp; 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.); to have; to feel (internally); to make to feel; to have (a measure or age); to have to; do not have to; must not; …
Verb
parado
stopped, halted, immobile, idle; standing; unemployed; on the dole; confused, bewildered; in a (good or bad) state; erect (a penis, when using masculine nouns, preceded by the verb tener or traer)
Adjective
ganas
desire, wish, want; enthusiasm; lust (chiefly when preceded by compound verb traerle o tener)
Noun
llevar las de ganar
synonym of tener las de ganar
Verb
llevar las de perder
synonym of tener las de perder
Verb
hacer sentido
synonym of tener sentido
Verb
tenería
tannery
Noun
tener por
to think; to be of the opinion
Verb
tener tela
to be really tough; to be tricky; to be great or immense
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tener arte
to be very good at something (inferable from context), often in interjections.
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tener sexo
to have sex, to get laid
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tener tilín
to have appeal; to have sex appeal
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tener pluma
to be camp (ostentatiously gay)
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tener claro
to understand, to be clear about
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tener sueño
to be sleepy
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tener ganas
to feel like, fancy; to want, desire; to look forward to
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tener gases
to be gassy, have a flatulence problem
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tener razón
to be right
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tener lugar
to take place, to occur
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tener puesto
to have on; to wear
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tener a mano
to keep at bay
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tener a gala
to pride oneself on
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tener chispa
to be funnily clever, to be witty
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tener a bien
to see fit
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tener huevos
to have balls; to be ballsy
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tener cuidado
to take care; to watch out
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tener conchas
to be a sly fox
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tener enchufe
to have connections
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tener su miga
to be more than meets the eye
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tener el mono
To have withdrawal symptoms
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tener a menos
to see [something] as beneath one; to look down on.
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tener cerebro
to use one's head, to use one's noggin
Verb
tener sentido
to make sense, to add up, to have meaning
Verb
tener en mente
to bear in mind
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tener en mucho
To hold in high regard; to think highly of; to have a lot of time for
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tener presente
to bear in mind
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tener en cuenta
to take into account, to keep in mind, to bear in mind; to be reckoned with
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tener para largo
To have a long way to go
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tener mal perder
to be a bad loser
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tener en el bote
to have someone eat out of one's hand
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tener buen saque
to have a large appetite
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tenerlos puestos
to have a pair; to have balls
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tener en palmitas
to spoil rotten
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tener sin cuidado
to not bother
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tener las de ganar
to be highly likely to win; to be a dead cert
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tener las de perder
to be highly likely to lose; to be an underdog; be on (to) a loser
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tener buenas aldabas
to have friends in high places
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tener largas narices
to have a keen sense of smell; to be able to predict the future
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tener un buen tiempo
to have a good time
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tenerlos bien puestos
to have a pair; to have balls
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tener algo que ver con
to have something to do with, to concern, to have some relationship with
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tener el padre alcalde
to have friends in high places
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tener entre ceja y ceja
to find (someone) annoying; to have (something) on one's mind
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tener un corazón de oro
to have a heart of gold
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tener los días contados
to have one's days numbered
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tener cultura alcohólica
to hold one's liquor
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tener memoria de elefante
to have a brilliant memory
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tener sus más y sus menos
to have pros and cons; or ups and downs
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tener los labios sellados
to keep one's lips sealed; to keep a secret
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tener flojos los tornillos
to have a screw loose
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