Translation for "permitir tener" to english

Permitir tener

• allow to have
• afford to have

Translation examples

allow to have

Aunque conservaréis vuestros territorios y vuestra cultura, no se os permitirá tener ejército propio.
While you will be allowed to maintain your own lands and cultures, you will not be allowed to have standing armies.

afford to have

No se podía permitir tener a nadie que conociera sus últimas ofertas de patrocinio.
He couldn’t afford to have anyone know about his latest bids for patronage.

Ya nadie se preocupa por esos casos, por investigar quién lo ha hecho, porque eso conllevaría tiempo y solo los ricos se pueden permitir tener policía.
No one bothers with those cases any more, with finding out who did it, because that would take time, and only rich people can afford to have police.