tener tela

== Spanish == === Verb === tener tela (first-person singular present tengo tela, first-person singular preterite tuve tela, past participle tenido tela) (idiomatic) to be really tough; to be tricky Synonym: tener tela marinera (idiomatic) to be great or immense ==== See also ==== tener mucha tela que cortar === Further reading === “tener tela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025