tenían

had, they had

Examples

Ellos tenían hambre.

They were hungry.

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Las acusaciones que hicieron no tenían fundamento.

The allegations they made were unfounded.

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Dijeron que no tenían miedo de los contrabandistas.

They said they were not afraid of smugglers.

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Las pupilas de sus ojos tenían la negrura de un profundo abismo.

The pupils of her eyes had the blackness of a deep abyss.

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Ustedes tenían razón, también.

You were right, too.

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¿Ellos lo tenían?

Did they have it?

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Tenían prisa por llegar a casa.

They were in a hurry to get home.

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El príncipe y el bufón tenían mucho en común.

The prince and the jester had a lot in common.

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Tenían pegatinas en sus coches que decían "primero Iraq, luego Francia".

They had stickers on their cars reading: "First Iraq then France".

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¿Qué edad tenían ustedes cuando estalló la guerra?

How old were you when the war broke out?

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El coche se descompuso, por lo que tenían que caminar.

The car broke down, so they had to walk.

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Ellos vieron que no tenían alternativa.

They saw they had no choice.

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Ellos tenían miedo.

They were afraid.

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Los indígenas tenían cada uno un amuleto que consideraban su verdadero corazón.

The natives each had an amulet, which they considered their true heart.

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Ellos avisaron que tenían una casa en venta.

They advertised that they had a house for sale.

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Ambos huevos que me comí esta mañana tenían dos yemas.

The eggs I ate this morning both had two yolks.

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Muchos nobles auténticos no tenían una partícula nobiliaria en sus nombres.

Many authentic nobles did not have a nobiliary particle in their names.

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Calor y frío externos tenían poca influencia sobre Scrooge. Ninguna calidez podría calentarlo, ningún clima invernal podría enfriarlo.

External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.

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Ellos no tenían bastante oro.

They did not have enough gold.

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Esos dos niños tenían la misma edad.

Those two children were the same age.

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