"Il bambino mi aveva tenuto forte."

Translation: The boy had held me tightly.

[anamalena]

hm, i had another interesting translation: The boy had kept me strong. ....for example, after a tragedy....tenere means to hold, to keep etc.

[confusedbeetle]

i also put had kept me strong

[Blomeley]

Shouldn't the english translation here also be in adjective form? "The boy had held me tight" etc

[avellone42]

I agree. Plus wordreference gives the form tenersi forte = to hold tight

[jeffrey.eggers]

Doesn't "tightly" describe how the person is held? That would make it an adverb wouldn't it?

[Rydey]

yes, i did the "kept" too.

How would you write it as "kept me strong" ?

[confusedbeetle]

google translate (not always reliable) has il ragazzo aveva tenuto me forte
and for "has" il ragazzo mi ha tenuto forte.
my verb book has tenersi to hold on (to) to support oneself (by) stay, keep, follow, stick (to) abide (by) keep oneself (from) whew

[tani17]

why not "held back"? It is given in the hints.