tenes

Tenes is the informal second-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb tener in the voseo variety. Voseo is a regional form of address used in parts of the Spanish-speaking world, most prominently in Argentina and Uruguay, where the pronoun vos replaces tú and the corresponding verb forms align with vos conjugation rather than the tú forms.

In standard spelling, the form is often written with an accent as tenés to indicate the stress on the last syllable, though you may also see tenes without the tilde in informal writing or digital text. The use of tenes indicates possession or obligation in the same way as tú tienes in other dialects (for example, “¿Qué tenés?” means “What do you have?”).

Conjugation notes for vos can vary regionally, but a common set includes: present tenés; imperfect tenías; preterite tuviste (shared with tú forms in many contexts); future tendrás; conditional tendrías; present subjunctive tengas; affirmative imperative tené; negative imperative no tengas. The forms generally follow the voseo pattern, with the auxiliary interactions reflecting standard verb tener but adapted to vos.

Etymology: tenes derives from the verb tener, itself from Latin tenere, with the voseo forms evolving in the Rio de la Plata linguistic zone and neighboring regions. Tenes is therefore a regional grammatical variant rather than a separate lexical item.

See also: voseo, tener, Spanish conjugation.