ține.
to hold
Meaning & usage
to hold
to hold on
Pasagerii care stau în picioare în tramvai pot să se țină de bară.
to be a part of a whole, to be subordinate in a system, to belong
Alaska ține de Statele Unite.
to last for someone
Te mai ține mult supărarea?
Actoria l-a ținut trei ani.
to treasure, to hold dear
to insist or find it important to do something
to be up to someone (able to be influenced)
Te pot ajuta cu depunerea dosarului, dar dacă va fi acceptat nu ține de mine.
to hold (organise or have take place)
a ține un discurs
to have the guts
Nu te ține să sari?
to root for a side in a competition or conflict
to follow someone, mostly in a negative sense
to be believed
to follow a direction
Ține-o tot înainte și apoi la dreapta.
Where this word comes from
From the original form ținea (a second-conjugation verb), from Latin tenēre, from Proto-Italic *tenēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.