What is "tener"

Usage examples of "tener".

To Hell with Sella, if she dared to criticize Teneria for her failure.

Ma sdegnando una ritirata prima di misurarsi coi mercenari della Corte papale fu deciso di tener fermo.

No era un yankee, era un hombre blanco del Sur hijo y nieto de blancos, y esperaba retirarse de los negocios y ser un caballero y tener sus leguas de algodonal y sus inclinadas filas de esclavos.

There has been a story in the school--I got it from one of the little girls--that I was disapointed in love in early youth, the object of my atachment having been the Tener in our Church choir at home.

Né meno sorpreso fu Dilworth: gli pareva impossibile che Violet Devon fosse riuscita per tanti anni a tener nascosto alla ragazza il fatto di essere stata sposata.

Oarai had watched from the stairs as Teneria worked at her healing and had watched as the Seething Death dissolved the bowl Tabaea had used to cover it, had seen and smelled that Tabaea was on the ragged edge of panic, and had realized that the situation was critical.

Tabaea might take the dagger back, she might kill Thurin and Teneria and Karanissa and Vengar, and she might let the Seething Death spread unchecked.