poseer
B1#2,009Hear it
verb
to possess, to own, to hold, to have
to sexually penetrate
Used in the library
- La familia posee el molino desde 1830, en papel.The family has owned the mill since 1830, on paper.B1Otra vez, por favor (7) — Once more, please (7) (B1)
- Mi tía posee dos casas y vive en la más pequeña.My aunt owns two houses and lives in the smaller one.B1Otra vez, por favor (1) — Once more, please (1) (B1)
- El teatro lo posee el ayuntamiento y lo cuida el pueblo.The council owns the theatre and the town looks after it.B1Otra vez, por favor (15) — Once more, please (15) (B1)
- "Nosotros somos un pequeño género humano; poseemos un mundo aparte, cercado por dilatados mares; nuevos en casi todas las artes y ciencias, aunque en cierto modo viejos en los usos de la sociedad civil.""We are a small human race; we possess a world apart, enclosed by wide seas; new in almost all the arts and sciences, though in a certain way old in the customs of civil society."C1La Carta de Jamaica — The Jamaica Letter
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