tener
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Gustavo Arellano: There’s a saying in Spanish: no tener pelos en la lengua.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2018
We have the high authority of Sancho for saying,— "Para dar y tener Seso ha menester."
From Castilian Days by Hay, John
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 Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
The arms of the latter, with his lance and banner, are shown at the Ayuntamiento, or town-house; I do not admire his commercial motto— Quien lanza sabe tener, Ella le da de comer.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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 Cook, Sherburne F.
