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tener sueño

Spanish, verb/teˌneɾ ˈsweɲo/

tener sueño is a Spanish verb meaning “to be sleepy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does tener sueño mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to be sleepy

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of tener sueño

  • tengo sueño first-person present singular
  • tuve sueño first-person preterite singular
  • tenido sueño participle past

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tener sueño?

  • /teˌneɾ ˈsweɲo/
  • [t̪eˌneɾ ˈswe.ɲo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tener sueño

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.