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By Gerald Erichsen, About.com Guide to Spanish Language since 1998

Idiomatic uses of tener

Sunday December 11, 2005
Tener is one of those verbs that has many idiomatic uses, such as tener hambre (to be hungry) and tener prisa (to be in a hurry). So many uses does tener have, in fact, that the question ¿Qué tienes? can be used to ask, "What's up with you?" Learn more...

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