English-Spanish translations for possession

• posesión
  Esto permitirá a los consumidores tomar antes posesión del producto comprado. It will enable consumers to take earlier possession of the product purchased.
  Que se penalice la posesión de material pornográfico destinado a los niños. Let the possession of pornographic material intended for children be criminalized.
  Por lo tanto, la posesión y el consumo de drogas deben seguir siendo infracciones penadas. The possession and use of drugs must therefore remain criminal offences.
• posesiones
  Se confiscaron sus posesiones y se le encarceló. His possessions were confiscated and he was imprisoned.
  He seguido con desagrado las disputas sobre las posesiones, tanto nuevas como históricas. I follow with displeasure the disputes over both new and historical possessions.
  Vaya mi recuerdo igualmente para quienes han perdido sus hogares y posesiones. My thoughts are with those who have lost their homes and possessions.
• tenencia
  Control de la adquisición y tenencia de armas (votación) Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (vote)
  Control de la adquisición y tenencia de armas (debate) Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (debate)
  La tenencia de armas aumenta asimismo en Europa y Estados Unidos. In Europe and North-America too, the possession of weapons is on the increase.

Definition of possession

• Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights
• Something that is owned
• Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own
• A territory under the rule of another country
• The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity
• The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness
• A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball
• A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership
• To invest with property

Examples

• The car quickly became his most prized possession.
• I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
• The car is in my possession.
• Im in possession of the car.
• Réunion is the largest of Frances overseas possessions.
• Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
• The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.
• Some languages distinguish between a construction like my car, which shows alienable possession — the car could become someone elses — and one like my foot, which has inalienable possession — my foot will always be mine.

Related words

• possessions
• self-possession
• repossession
• dispossession
• right of possession
• adverse possession
• take possession
• proprietary possession
• take possession of, enter into