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retener

/reteˈneɾ/

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verb/reteˈneɾ/

to retain, to remember; to withhold, hold, to keep; to hold back; to catch, to detain; to sequester

No tengo muy claro si es lo que realmente quiero, por una parte quiero abrazarte y besarte, pero algo me retiene, no sé qué.I'm not sure if it is what I really want, because a part of me wants to hug you and kiss you, but something, I don't know what, is holding me back.

Synonyms: detentar, guardar, mantener, quedar

Borrowed from Latin retinēre, with conjugation based on tener.