| tenía |
| 1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of tener | |
| 2. v. formal second-person singular imperfect indicative of tener | |
| 3. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of tener | |
| y con quien tenía muy buena amistad |
| ese ciervo ingenuo no tenía corazón |
| tener |
| 1. v. to have, possess | |
| Ella tiene seis hermanos. - She has six brothers. | |
| Tengo una pluma. - I have a pen. | |
| 2. v. to possess (a condition or quality) | |
| Usted tiene suerte. - You are lucky. (literally: “You have luck.”) | |
| ¡Ten cuidado! - Be careful! (literally: “Have care!”) | |
| ¿Quién tiene razón? - Who is right? (literally: “Who has reason?”) | |
| 3. v. to hold, grasp | |
| Ten esto. - Hold this. | |
| 4. v. to contain | |
| Este tarro tiene las cenizas. - This jar contains the ashes. | |
| 5. v. to have, feel (internally) | |
| Él le tiene mucho cariño a ella. - He has much admiration for her. | |
| Tengo frío. - I feel cold. | |
| Tenemos hambre. - We are hungry. (literally: “We have hunger.”) | |
| 6. v. to make to feel | |
| Eso nos tiene tristes. - That makes us sad. | |
| 7. v. to have (a measure or age) | |
| Tiene tres metros de ancho. - It is three metres wide. (literally: “It has three metres of width.”) | |
| Tengo veinte años. - I am twenty years (old). (literally: “I have twenty years.”) | |
| 8. v. (used with que) To have to | |
| Tengo que salir ahora. - "I have to leave now.". | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in, at, on | |
| Estoy en casa. - I'm at home. | |
| Estoy sentado en la computadora. - I'm sitting at the computer. | |
| en esta página - on this page | |
| en la caja en la mesa - in the box on the table | |
| 2. prep. in (a time) | |
| en la antigüedad - in antiquity | |
| en 1999 - in 1999 | |
| 3. prep. in (a language) | |
| No conozco esta palabra en francés. - I don't know this word in French. | |
| en todos los idiomas - in all languages | |
| 4. prep. used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English | |
| Pienso en tí. - I'm thinking of you. | |
| 5. prep. in (in various expressions) | |
| en el sentido - in the sense | |
| en nuestro afán - in our eagerness | |
| en cambio |
| en cambio ustedes |
| la |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. accusative of ella, ello (when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine), and usted (when referring to a woman); her, it, you (formal) | |
| 3. pron. Impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases: 'it', 'this'. | |
| La sabe toda. | |
| He/she knows everything (it all) | |
| ¡Dónde la viste! | |
| Where have you seen this! | |
| No te la creo. | |
| I don't believe you. | |
| 4. n. (music) la (sixth note of the scale) | |
| 5. n. (music) A (the musical note or key) | |
| y dijo la zorra |
| y viendo a la zorra |
| mano |
| 1. n. (anatomy, of a person) hand | |
| 2. n. (of an animal) front foot | |
| 3. n. (in a game) round; hand | |
| 4. n. (of paint) coat | |
| 5. n. (of a clock) hand | |
| 6. n. skill, talent | |
| 7. n-m. (slang) buddy, friend | |
| 8. v. first-person singular present indicative of manar | |
| manar |
| 1. v. to gush forth | |
| 2. v. to flow | |
| 3. v. to abound | |
| un |
| 1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of uno one | |
| 2. art. a | |
| hay un modo |
| un carretón |
| bisturí |
| 1. n-m. scalpel, bistoury | |
