tensar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English tension, French tension, Italian tensione, Spanish tensión.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈsar/

Verb

tensar (present tensas, past tensis, future tensos, conditional tensus, imperative tensez)

1. (transitive) to stretch: draw in length
2. (transitive) to strain, tense
3. (transitive) to cock (a gun)
4. (transitive) to wind up (a clock or a watch)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tensar

		present		past		future
infinitive		tensar		tensir		tensor
tense		tensas		tensis		tensos
conditional		tensus
imperative		tensez
adjective active participle		tensanta		tensinta		tensonta
adverbial active participle		tensante		tensinte		tensonte
nominal active participle	singular	tensanto		tensinto		tensonto
	plural	tensanti		tensinti		tensonti
adjective passive participle		tensata		tensita		tensota
adverbial passive participle		tensate		tensite		tensote
nominal passive participle	singular	tensato		tensito		tensoto
	plural	tensati		tensiti		tensoti

Derived terms

• tensanto (“one who stretches; tensor”)
• tensar su (“to strain, stiffen oneself”)
• tensata (“tense, strained”)
• tenseso (“stretching, strain, tension, tenseness”)
• tensilo (“stretching instrument; winder”)
• tensita (“tense, strained”)
• tenso (“stretching, strain, tension, tenseness”)

 

References

• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 289, 466
• Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 660

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Spanish

Etymology

From tenso.

Verb

1. to tense

Related terms

• tenso
• destensar
• tieso