ter mentes

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tẽer mentes. Literally, “to have mind”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛɾ ˈmentɪs]

Verb

ter mentes (first-person singular present teño mentes, first-person singular preterite tiven mentes, past participle tido mentes)

1. (idiomatic) to think, wonder, think of
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 719:

     Et cada hũ tĩjna mentes se o escollería ela a el.

     And everyone was wondering if he would choose himself or herself

   • 1853, Xosé Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:

     xa morder ti ben non podes
     con tal podrico nos dentes,
     inda no pan teño mentes
     seique non podes chanchar

     you can no longer aptly bite
     with such rottenness in you teeth,
     even bread, I think,
     probably you cannot gnaw

2. (idiomatic) to intend; to aim
3. (idiomatic) to hope for
4. (idiomatic) to covet

References

• “mentes” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mentes” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ter mentes” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ter mentes” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.