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Tenía, poseer

To possess, own.

Examples :

"I have a house and a car."

Tengo una casa y un coche.

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Tener, poseer

To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

Examples :

"The teacher had several extra copies of the textbook available for students. "

El profesor tenía varias copias adicionales del libro de texto disponibles para los estudiantes.

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Tenía

Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

Examples :

"I have a really mean boss."

Tenía un jefe muy malo.

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Tomar, comer, beber

To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).

Examples :

"Can I have a look at that?"

¿Puedo echarle un vistazo a eso?

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Tener que asistir, emprender

To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

Examples :

"My sister had a doctor's appointment tomorrow. "

Mi hermana tenía una cita con el médico mañana.

plan action time event

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Tuvo, experimentó, sufrió

To experience, go through, undergo.

Examples :

"He had surgery on his hip yesterday."

Ayer tuvo una cirugía en la cadera.

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Tener, padecer

To be afflicted with, suffer from.

Examples :

"He had a cold last week."

Tuvo un resfriado la semana pasada.

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Había

(auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.

Examples :

"I had already eaten."

Ya había comido.

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Había tenido

Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)

Examples :

"You've finished your homework, hadn't you? "

¿Has terminado tu tarea, verdad?

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Tenía que

(auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.

Examples :

"I have to go."

Tenía que irme.

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Tener, dar a luz

To give birth to.

Examples :

"My mother had me when she was 25."

Mi madre me dio a luz cuando tenía 25 años.

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Tener relaciones sexuales con

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

Examples :

"The student said that he had her after school. "

El estudiante dijo que tuvo relaciones sexuales con ella después de la escuela.

sex human action

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Tener, aceptar como pareja romántica

To accept as a romantic partner.

Examples :

"Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me."

A pesar de mis protestas de amor, ella no me aceptaría.

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Hacer, dejar

(transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.

Examples :

"They had me feed their dog while they were out of town."

Me hicieron alimentar a su perro mientras estaban fuera de la ciudad.

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Hacer, causar

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.

Examples :

"He had him arrested for trespassing."

Lo hizo arrestar por allanamiento de morada.

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Sufrir, experimentar

(transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

Examples :

"The bad weather had my family postpone their picnic. "

El mal tiempo hizo que mi familia pospusiera su picnic.

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Considerar, tener por

(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.

Examples :

"The teacher had the students' behavior as unruly. "

El profesor consideraba el comportamiento de los estudiantes como rebelde.

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Vencer, tener

To defeat in a fight; take.

Examples :

"I could have him!"

¡Podría vencerlo!

war military action achievement

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Sabía hablar

(obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).

Examples :

"I have no German."

No sabía hablar alemán.

language linguistics ability

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Sentir, experimentar

To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

Examples :

"Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before."

Dan ciertamente siente dolor en los brazos hoy, probablemente por raspar pintura de cuatro columnas el día anterior.

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Engañar, timar

To trick, to deceive.

Examples :

"You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke."

¡Me has engañado! Nunca hubiera pensado que eso era solo una broma.

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Permitir, tolerar

(often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.

Examples :

"My parents had me study diligently for the exam. "

Mis padres me permitieron estudiar diligentemente para el examen.

attitude action ability

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Creer, tragarse

(often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.

Examples :

"My brother had the idea that he could finish the project in an hour, but he was wrong. "

Mi hermano se tragó la idea de que podía terminar el proyecto en una hora, pero se equivocó.

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Hospedar, recibir

To host someone; to take in as a guest.

Examples :

"Thank you for having me!"

¡Gracias por hospedarme!

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Obtener, tener

To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

Examples :

"I have two contacts on my scope."

Tengo dos contactos en mi osciloscopio.

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Deliberar

(of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

Examples :

"The jury had the case for two hours before reaching a verdict. "

El jurado deliberó sobre el caso durante dos horas antes de llegar a un veredicto.

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Observó

To make an observation of (a bird species).

Examples :

"The ornithologist had the rare hummingbird species at the park. "

El ornitólogo observó la rara especie de colibrí en el parque.

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