Usage examples of "poseer" in Spanish with translation to English

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No desear es lo mismo que poseer. Not wanting is the same as having.
La gente quiere poseer tierras. People want to own land.
Él posee muchas pinturas valiosas. He has quite a few valuable paintings.
Cuando pequeño me poseyó un fantasma. As a kid I was possessed by a ghost.
Poseo algunos sellos muy antiguos. I own some very old stamps.
Ella posee muchos libros valiosos. She has many valuable books.
Está poseído por una idea extraña. He's possessed by a strange idea.
Él vendió todo lo que poseía. He sold all that he owned.
Solo el hombre posee la capacidad de razonar. Man alone has the ability to reason.
La felicidad no consiste en cuánto posees. Happiness does not consist of how much you possess.
Mucha gente en nuestro vecindario posee armas. A lot of people in our neighborhood own guns.
Los que tienen el pelo largo poseen un secador. Those who have a long hair own a blow-dryer.
Ella parece poseída por un espíritu maligno. She seems to be possessed by an evil spirit.
Eres la única persona que conozco que posee un arma. You're the only person I know that owns a gun.
Ciertas personas consideran que el gobierno posee un poder excesivo. Some people think the government has way too much power.
Las curvas de sus labios posee algo mágico. The curves of her lips possesses something magic.
No pasará mucho tiempo antes de que una de cada cinco personas posea un coche. It will not be long before one out of five people owns a car.
El que tiene un amigo verdadero puede decir que posee dos almas. He who has a real friend can say he has two souls.
Él está poseído por la ambición de gobernar el mundo. He is possessed with the ambition to rule over the world.
Él da la impresión de ser rico, con las numerosas casas que posee. He appears to be wealthy, with the numerous houses he has.
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