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November 4, 2010

Expressions with Tener

Filed under: Spanish Phrases & Idioms,Vocabulary — Admin @ 3:55 pm

Tener is one of the most used verbs in the Spanish language and it has quite a few expressions linked to it. Here is a large list of them.

tener calor - to be warm
tener celos - to be jealous
tener cuidado - to be careful
tener derecho a - to be entitled to
tener en cuenta - to bear in mind
tener éxito - to be successful
tener frío - to be cold
tener ganas de - to feel like (+ infinitive verb)
tener hambre - to be hungry
tener la culpa
- to be to blame
tener lugar - to take place
tener miedo - to be afraid
tener prisa - to be in a hurry
tener que - to have to (+ infinitive verb)
tener razón - to be right
tener sed - to be thirsty
tener sueño – to be sleepy

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