tener
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Gustavo Arellano: There’s a saying in Spanish: no tener pelos en la lengua.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2018
They must have been in bad straits, because Estudillo found them living deep in the swamp, in a "gran Bolson de Tule, sin poder tener lumbre."
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Sherburne F. Cook
Nom. tener tenera tenerum Gen. tenerī tenerae tenerī Dat. tenerō tenerae tenerō Acc. tenerum teneram tenerum Voc. tener tenera tenerum Abl. tenerō tenerā tenerō PLURAL.
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
These he made living,—Florence asked no more: and "Credette Cimabue nella pintura tener lo campo."
From Mornings in Florence by John Ruskin
The English tender, the French tendre, the Latin tener are derived from it.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
