Meanings (ES + gloss)
contener
To hold inside.
At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kep…
The brown box contains three stacks of books.
contener
To include as a part.
Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone…
Most of the meals they offer contain meat.
contener • dominar
To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves.
I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!
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