Sentence examples of "tenía" in Spanish with translation "be"

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Él dijo que tenía hambre. He said that he was hungry.
Supongo que Tom tenía razón. I guess Tom was right.
Tom tenía los ojos vendados. Tom was blindfolded.
El pulpo Paul tenía razón. Octopus Paul was right.
Él tenía 19 años entonces. He was 19 at the time.
Mi abuelo tenía parte india. My grandfather was part Indian.
Yo bebía cuando tenía 18. When I was 18 I drank.
El difunto tenía ochenta años. The deceased was eighty years old.
Ella tenía miedo del perro. She was afraid of the dog.
Resultó que yo tenía razón. It turned out that I was right.
Comprendí que él tenía razón. I saw that he was right.
Ana tenía prisa esta mañana. Ann was in a hurry this morning.
Tenía celos de mi hermano. I was jealous of my brother.
Su ambición no tenía fronteras. There were no bounds to his ambition.
Ella tenía 19 años entonces. She was 19 at the time.
El policía tenía una curda encima... The policeman was drunk.
Ella dijo que tenía buen aspecto. She said that she was good-looking.
Tenía dieciocho años en aquel entonces. I was eighteen then.
Tenía la cara cubierta de barro. His face was covered with mud.
Le tenía miedo a su esposa. He was afraid of his wife.
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