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tener tela

Spanish, verb

tener tela is a Spanish verb meaning “to be really tough; to be tricky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does tener tela mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to be really tough; to be tricky

  2. 2

    to be great or immense

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

Forms of tener tela

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

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