tenso

See also: tensó and tensō

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin tēnsus (“stretched out, extended”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtenso]
• Rhymes: -enso
• Hyphenation: ten‧so

Noun

tenso (accusative singular tenson, plural tensoj, accusative plural tensojn)

1. (grammar, linguistics) tense (verb forms distinguishing time)

See also

• prezenco (“present tense”)
• preterito (“past tense”)
• futuro (“future tense”)
• pluskvamperfekto (“pluperfect”)

Japanese

Romanization

tenso

1. Rōmaji transcription of てんそ

Latin

Participle

tēnsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tēnsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tēnsus. Doublet of teso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.su/

• Rhymes: -ẽsu
• Hyphenation: ten‧so

Adjective

tenso (feminine tensa, masculine plural tensos, feminine plural tensas)

1. tense (showing stress or strain)

   Este ambiente está te deixando tenso.

   This environment is making you tense.

2. (Brazil, slang) difficult; complicated

   Eu acho tensa essa matéria na escola.

   I find this subject at school to be complicated.

3. (Brazil, slang) derisively different; weird

   O estilo dos punks é bem tenso. ― Punk people's style is quite weird.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tenso.

Related terms

• tensão

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtenso/ [ˈt̪ẽn.so]
• Rhymes: -enso
• Syllabification: ten‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tēnsus. Doublet of tieso.

Adjective

tenso (feminine tensa, masculine plural tensos, feminine plural tensas)

1. tense, strained, taut, tensed
2. uptight, tense, stressed, edgy, fraught

Derived terms

• hipertenso
• tensamente

Related terms

• tensión

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tenso

1. first-person singular present indicative of tensar

Further reading

• “tenso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10