tesão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tēnsiōnem. Compare the borrowed doublet tensão. Compare also Spanish tesón.

Pronunciation

Noun

tesão m or f (plural tesões)

  1. toughness, hardness, stiffness, rigidness
  2. hard-on
  3. randiness, arousal
    estar com tesão — to be horny

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