Tiene control absoluto.

Because Spanish often leaves out the subject pronoun when it is clear from the verb form or from context.

• Tiene already tells you it is third person singular:
  • he has
  • she has
  • it has
  • you have (formal, usted)

So Tiene control absoluto is a perfectly normal complete sentence in Spanish. Spanish does this much more often than English.

You would add the pronoun only if you want to:

• emphasise it: Él tiene control absoluto
• contrast it with someone else
• avoid ambiguity in a specific context

Tiene is the present tense of the verb tener.

Here it means has.

More specifically:

• infinitive: tener = to have
• present tense, third person singular: tiene = he/she/it has or you have (formal)

A few related forms:

• tengo = I have
• tienes = you have
• tiene = he/she/you (formal) has
• tenemos = we have
• tenéis = you all have (Spain)
• tienen = they/you all have

On its own, tiene can refer to several subjects:

• he has
• she has
• it has
• you have (formal singular, usted)

Spanish often relies on context to make this clear.

So if you only see Tiene control absoluto, you cannot know the subject for certain without more context.

Both are possible, but they do not feel exactly the same.

Tiene control absoluto

This sounds more like:

• has absolute control
• a more general statement about possessing that level of control

Tiene el control absoluto

This sounds more like:

• has absolute control
• but with a slightly stronger sense of the control, as something more specific or more definite

Spanish often leaves out the article with some nouns after tener, especially when talking about a quality, ability, or possession in a general sense.

So Tiene control absoluto is natural and idiomatic.

In Spanish, most descriptive adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• control absoluto = absolute control

That is the normal word order.

If you moved the adjective before the noun, it would sound less neutral and sometimes more literary or emphatic:

• absoluto control is not the usual everyday phrasing here

So for a standard sentence, control absoluto is the natural choice.

Because adjectives in Spanish must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.

• control is masculine singular
• so the adjective must also be masculine singular
• therefore: absoluto

Compare:

• control absoluto — masculine singular
• autoridad absoluta — feminine singular
• controles absolutos — masculine plural

Very often, yes. In this sentence, control means basically the same as in English: control, command, power over something.

So control absoluto is very close to absolute control.

However, like many words, control can have other meanings depending on context, such as:

• a check or inspection
• a checkpoint
• a control in a technical or administrative sense

But in Tiene control absoluto, the meaning is the straightforward one: control/power/command.

You might hear it in some contexts, but Tiene control absoluto is usually the more natural phrasing for this idea.

Why?

Because with abstract nouns like control, Spanish often prefers no article when describing a general state or degree of possession:

• tener control
• tener poder
• tener influencia

Adding un can make it sound more countable or more like one instance/type of control, which is usually not the point here.

So for the intended meaning, Tiene control absoluto is the best standard choice.

In Spain, tiene is pronounced roughly like TYEH-neh.

A few pronunciation notes:

• tie- forms a diphthong, so it is one smooth syllable at the start
• the stress is on the first syllable: TIE-ne
• the t is a clear dental t
• the e sounds are pure vowels, not like the English ay

And the whole sentence:

• Tiene control absoluto
• roughly: TYEH-neh kon-TROL ab-soh-LOO-toh

It is neutral. The sentence itself is not especially formal or informal.

What affects the level of formality most is the subject, if stated:

• Usted tiene control absoluto = formal you
• Él/Ella tiene control absoluto = neutral statement about someone
• with no subject, it stays neutral and depends on context

So the wording itself is standard and natural in both spoken and written Spanish.