Italian · verb

tenere a

to value, to care about

with fixed prepositionverbs · set 65

Example sentences

Tengo a questa amicizia.
I value this friendship.
Ha tenuto a ringraziarci di persona.
He insisted on thanking us in person.
Terrò a essere puntuale.
I will make a point of being punctual.

Note

The preposition is part of the word. Without it the answer is wrong in ripiti: tenere a, not tenere.

Expressions with tenere a

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