Meanings (ES + gloss)
tener
To possess, own.
I have a house and a car.
disponer
To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
Do you have the key?
Look what I have here—a frog I found on the street!
tener
Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
I have two sisters.
She doesn’t have any friends.
tener • tomar
To consume or use up (a particular substance or resource, especially food or drink).
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
You've already had five drinks!
haber
Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
They haven’t eaten dinner yet, have they?
Your wife hasn’t been reading that nonsense, has she?
tener un hijo
To give birth to.
My wife is having the baby right now!
The couple always wanted to have children.
tener sexo
To engage in sexual intercourse with.
He’s always bragging about how many women he’s had.
Tame midweek stress the fun way. Have each other before dinner to reconnect after a long day.
tener que
To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
Her very boyfriend is the person the criminal has do most of her dirty deeds.
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
tener
To cause to be.
He had him arrested for trespassing.
I'd better have my watch repaired today: tomorrow I have to have my hair cut before having pictures taken for my passport.
tener
To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is a small clause.)
I’ve had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
tener
To depict as being.
Anton Rogan, 8, was one of the runners-up in the Tick Tock Box short story competition, not Anton Rogers as we had it.
Their stories differed; he said he’d been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
engañar • engrupir
To trick, to deceive.
I bought a laptop online but it never arrived. I think I've been had!
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
Phrases
-'veHouston, we have a problembehavehaggadayhavablehave a ballhave a cowhave a good weekendhave a lend ofhave a lot of timehave a momenthave a monk onhave a shithave a short memoryhave a sixpenny bit up one's backsidehave a thing going onhave a tinklehave a turtle's headhave a way about onehave a whack athave againsthave at youhave downhave earshave got it madehave had enoughhave had ithave it allhave it in forhave it offhave it roughhave no fear of ice cold beerhave none of somethinghave nothing onhave nothing to losehave notshave offhave onhave one more timehave one's bread buttered on both sides