tenência

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Cognate with Spanish tenencia. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: te‧nên‧ci‧a === Noun === tenência f (plural tenências) (military) the post of a lieutenant or similar (military) the house where a lieutenant stays the act of having; possession; ownership Synonyms: posse, tença (Brazil) caution, prudence (Brazil) custom, habit, way ==== Related terms ==== tenente === Further reading === “tenência”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tenência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026