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tengan

have

Verb tengan

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of tener.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes) present subjunctive form of tener.
  3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of tener.

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Examples

  • A no ser que tengan una buena carta de vinos, no quiero comer aquí.

    Unless they have a good wine list, I don't want to eat here.

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  • Todos dicen que soy malo, y tal vez tengan razón.

    Everyone says I'm bad, and maybe they're right.

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  • No tengan miedo de hacer preguntas.

    Don't be afraid to ask questions.

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  • Es inevitable que tengan lugar algunos cambios.

    It is inevitable that some changes will take place.

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  • "¿Cuántos esclavos necesita llevarse de África?" preguntó el jefe africano. "Todos los que tengan más de diez años y que vivan en la costa oeste de África desde Marruecos hasta Sudáfrica" respondió el capitán portugués.

    "How many slaves do you need to take from Africa?" asked the African chief. "Everybody over the age of ten who happens to live on Africa's western coast from Morocco to South Africa," replied the Portuguese captain.

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  • No pienso que Tom y Mary tengan algo en común.

    I don't think Tom and Mary have anything in common.

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  • Espero que las dos tengan hambre.

    I hope you two are hungry.

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  • ¡No me hagas preguntas que no tengan respuesta!

    Don't ask me questions to which there are no answers!

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  • Quiero que mis hijos tengan doble ciudadanía.

    I want my children to have dual citizenship.

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  • Al custodio valiente le resulta divertido que con la mayoría de frases en tercera persona en español se tengan seis posibilidades para traducirlas al alemán.

    The brave sentry thinks it's funny that most Spanish 3rd-person-sentences have six possible ways of being translated to German.

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