teso

See also: tesó and tesò

Catalan

Verb

teso

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of tesar

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tensus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteso̝/

Noun

teso m (plural tesos)

  1. hill; mountain; mountain top
    Synonyms: curuto, cotarelo

Adjective

teso m (feminine singular tesa, masculine plural tesos, feminine plural tesas)

  1. 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
    Synonyms: irto, rexo, ríxido
  2. stif (formal in behavior; unrelaxed)

Derived terms

References

  • teso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • teso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • teso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • teso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • teso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ezo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tensus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso.

Adjective

teso (feminine singular tesa, masculine plural tesi, feminine plural tese)

  1. taut, tight, tense, stretched
  2. outstretched
  3. tense, nervous, fraught, strained
  4. (followed by a) aimed, intended

Verb

teso m (feminine singular tesa, masculine plural tesi, feminine plural tese)

  1. past participle of tendere

Etymology 2

Verb

teso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tesare

Anagrams


Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tēnsus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso.

Adjective

teso m (feminine singular tesa, masculine plural tesos, feminine plural tesas, comparable)

  1. taut (pulled tight, as in a rope)

Synonyms

Derived terms


Spanish

Verb

teso

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tesar.
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