Tenés

Tenés is the second person singular present indicative form of the verb tener in the voseo system, used with the pronoun vos. It is a hallmark of Rioplatense Spanish, especially in Argentina and Uruguay, where vos is common in informal speech. In much of the Spanish-speaking world, including Spain and many Latin American regions, the tú form tienes is used instead.

Grammatically, tenés means "you have" and is used to express possession or a state. With que, tenés que expresses obligation: "Tenés que estudiar" means you have to study. It also appears in common phrases such as "tenés razón" (you’re right), "tenés hambre" (you’re hungry), and "¿tenés?" (do you have?).

Pronunciation and spelling: tenés is pronounced [teˈnes], with the stress on the last syllable. The acute accent marks the vos stress pattern; in some informal texts you may see tenes, but the standard written form includes the acute accent as tenés.

Register and history: Voseo, including tenés, is widely used in informal speech and some writing, but is typically avoided in formal contexts. It coexists with tú-tienes in other dialects. Tenés is part of a broader set of vos conjugations that also includes podés (you can), querés (you want), and sos (you are).

See also: voseo, tú versus vos, regional Spanish varieties, tener.