Polyglot Dictionary

tenencia

/teˈnensja/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las tenencias

Meaning

  1. possession

    • Tenencia de armas.

      Possession of weapons.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

posesión

tenencia is more legal or formal, like legal possession or a gun license, "tenencia de armas"; posesión is more general — both mean "possession."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

posse

posse is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "possession."

Practice

1 What does tenencia mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ de armas.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tenencia?

noun

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