tener sentido
Spanish, verb/teˌneɾ senˈtido/
tener sentido is a Spanish verb meaning “to make sense, to add up, to have meaning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tener sentido mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make sense, to add up, to have meaning
La nueva regla no tiene sentido.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Ser lógico o coherente un argumento. 2. Ser útil alguna acción; producir resultados positivos cualesquiera. 3. Tener algo en específico razón de ser.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tener sentido
- tengo sentido first-person present singular
- tuve sentido first-person preterite singular
- tenido sentido participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tener sentido?
- /teˌneɾ senˈtido/
- [t̪eˌneɾ sẽn̪ˈt̪i.ð̞o]
- [t̪eˈneɾ sẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.