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Portuguese
Verb
tilinte
- inflection of tilintar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Nahuatl tilinquí (“stretched”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiˈlinte/
- Rhymes: -inte
- Syllabification: ti‧lin‧te
Adjective
tilinte m or f (masculine and feminine plural tilintes)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua) taut, stretched
- Synonym: tenso
La cuerda está tilinte.- The rope is taut.
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