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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
teso
- first-person singular present indicative of tesar
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tensus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso.
Pronunciation
Noun
teso m (plural tesos)
- hill; mountain; mountain top
- Synonyms: curuto, cotarelo
Adjective
teso (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesos, feminine plural tesas)
- taut, tight, tense, stretched
- c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 342:
Et acharom a seu señor Pyrrus moy malandante ẽna area, moy jnchado et tã teso que adur lles podo falar- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Synonyms: irto, rexo, ríxido
- stiff (formal in behavior; unrelaxed)
- erect
Carallo teso non cre en Deus (proverb)- In heat, men are prone to sin
- (literally, “An erect penis don't believe in God”)
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “teso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “teso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “teso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈte.zo/, (traditional) /ˈte.so/[1]
- Rhymes: -ezo, (traditional) -eso
- Hyphenation: té‧so
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin tēnsus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso.
Adjective
teso (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesi, feminine plural tese, superlative tesissimo)
- taut, tight, tense, stretched
- outstretched
- tense, nervous, fraught, strained
- (followed by a) aimed, intended
Derived terms
Participle
teso (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesi, feminine plural tese)
- past participle of tendere
Etymology 2
Verb
teso
- first-person singular present indicative of tesare
References
Anagrams
Old English
Noun
teso ?
- Alternative form of tesu
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin tēnsus. Compare the borrowed doublet of tenso.
Pronunciation
Adjective
teso (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesos, feminine plural tesas)
- taut (pulled tight, as in a rope)
- Synonyms: retesado, esticado, tenso
- firm
- decided
- impetuous
- (informal) penniless
Derived terms
Noun
teso m (plural tesos)
- steep mountain or hill
- summit
- (Brazil) elevated terrain
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteso/
- Rhymes: -eso
- Syllabification: te‧so
Etymology 1
Noun
teso m (plural tesos)
- crest of a hill
- Synonym: cresta
Adjective
teso (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesos, feminine plural tesas)
- (Colombia) smart; clever
- Synonym: listo
Etymology 2
Verb
teso
- first-person singular present indicative of tesar
Further reading