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 John Hay
Tenera is the feminine form of tener, slender, delicate.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
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 Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
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