tesar

See also: Tesar, tesař, tesár, and тесар

Catalan

Etymology

From tes (“tight”), or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *tēnsāre, from Latin tēnsus, perfect passive participle of tendō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [təˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈzaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [teˈza]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

tesar (first-person singular present teso, first-person singular preterite tesí, past participle tesat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to tighten, tauten
   • 2011, Daniel Closa i Autet, 100 invents que han canviat el món:

     Si posem la fletxa ben col·locada i tesem l'arc, el que fem és acumular una bona quantitat d'energia que, en deixar-la anar, s'alliberarà de cop i empenyerà la fletxa a gran velocitat.

     If we position the arrow well and tauten the bow, what we do is accumulate a good quantity of energy which, in letting go, is released at once and thrusts the arrow forward at high velocity.

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of tesar (first conjugation)

infinitive			tesar
gerund			tesant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tesat		tesada
		plural		tesats		tesades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	teso	teses	tesa	tesem	teseu	tesen
	imperfect	tesava	tesaves	tesava	tesàvem	tesàveu	tesaven
	future	tesaré	tesaràs	tesarà	tesarem	tesareu	tesaran
	preterite	tesí	tesares	tesà	tesàrem	tesàreu	tesaren
	conditional	tesaria	tesaries	tesaria	tesaríem	tesaríeu	tesarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tesi	tesis	tesi	tesem	teseu	tesin
	imperfect	tesés	tesessis	tesés	teséssim	teséssiu	tesessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	tesa	tesi	tesem	teseu	tesin
	negative (no)	—	no tesis	no tesi	no tesem	no teseu	no tesin

Further reading

• “tesar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

From teso (“taut; stiff”) +‎ -ar. Alternatively, from an unattested Vulgar Latin *tēnsāre, from Latin tēnsus, perfect passive participle of tendō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈza(ʁ)/ [teˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈza(ʁ)/ [teˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /teˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teˈza(ʁ)/ [teˈza(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /teˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈza.ɾi/

• Rhymes: -aɾ, -aʁ, -a

Verb

tesar (first-person singular present teso, first-person singular preterite tesei, past participle tesado)

1. (transitive, naval slang) alternative form of entesar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tesar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tesar
Personal	tesar	tesares	tesar	tesarmos	tesardes	tesarem
Gerund
	tesando
Past participle
Masculine	tesado			tesados
Feminine	tesada			tesadas
Indicative
Present	teso	tesas	tesa	tesamos	tesais	tesam
Imperfect	tesava	tesavas	tesava	tesávamos	tesáveis	tesavam
Preterite	tesei	tesaste	tesou	tesamos1, tesámos2	tesastes	tesaram
Pluperfect	tesara	tesaras	tesara	tesáramos	tesáreis	tesaram
Future	tesarei	tesarás	tesará	tesaremos	tesareis	tesarão
Conditional	tesaria	tesarias	tesaria	tesaríamos	tesaríeis	tesariam
Subjunctive
Present	tese	teses	tese	tesemos	teseis	tesem
Imperfect	tesasse	tesasses	tesasse	tesássemos	tesásseis	tesassem
Future	tesar	tesares	tesar	tesarmos	tesardes	tesarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tesa	tese	tesemos	tesai	tesem
Negative (não)		não teses	não tese	não tesemos	não teseis	não tesem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “tesar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tesar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tesar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tesařь.

Noun

tȅsār m anim (Cyrillic spelling те̏са̄р)

1. carpenter

Declension

Declension of tesar

	singular	plural
nominative	tesar	tesari
genitive	tesara	tesara
dative	tesaru	tesarima
accusative	tesara	tesare
vocative	tesaru	tesari
locative	tesaru	tesarima
instrumental	tesarom	tesarima

Further reading

• “tesar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *tēnsāre, from Latin tēnsus, perfect passive participle of tendō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈsaɾ/ [t̪eˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: te‧sar

Verb

tesar (first-person singular present teso, first-person singular preterite tesé, past participle tesado)

1. (nautical) to sweat

   Synonym: atesar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tesar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tesar
gerund			tesando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tesado		tesada
		plural		tesados		tesadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	teso	tesastú tesásvos	tesa	tesamos	tesáis	tesan
	imperfect	tesaba	tesabas	tesaba	tesábamos	tesabais	tesaban
	preterite	tesé	tesaste	tesó	tesamos	tesasteis	tesaron
	future	tesaré	tesarás	tesará	tesaremos	tesaréis	tesarán
	conditional	tesaría	tesarías	tesaría	tesaríamos	tesaríais	tesarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tese	tesestú tesésvos2	tese	tesemos	teséis	tesen
	imperfect (ra)	tesara	tesaras	tesara	tesáramos	tesarais	tesaran
	imperfect (se)	tesase	tesases	tesase	tesásemos	tesaseis	tesasen
	future1	tesare	tesares	tesare	tesáremos	tesareis	tesaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tesatú tesávos	tese	tesemos	tesad	tesen
	negative		no teses	no tese	no tesemos	no teséis	no tesen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tesar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tesar	dative	tesarme	tesarte	tesarle, tesarse	tesarnos	tesaros	tesarles, tesarse
	accusative	tesarme	tesarte	tesarlo, tesarla, tesarse	tesarnos	tesaros	tesarlos, tesarlas, tesarse
with gerund tesando	dative	tesándome	tesándote	tesándole, tesándose	tesándonos	tesándoos	tesándoles, tesándose
	accusative	tesándome	tesándote	tesándolo, tesándola, tesándose	tesándonos	tesándoos	tesándolos, tesándolas, tesándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative tesa	dative	tésame	tésate	tésale	tésanos	not used	tésales
	accusative	tésame	tésate	tésalo, tésala	tésanos	not used	tésalos, tésalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative tesá	dative	tesame	tesate	tesale	tesanos	not used	tesales
	accusative	tesame	tesate	tesalo, tesala	tesanos	not used	tesalos, tesalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tese	dative	téseme	not used	tésele, tésese	tésenos	not used	téseles
	accusative	téseme	not used	téselo, tésela, tésese	tésenos	not used	téselos, téselas
with first-person plural imperative tesemos	dative	not used	tesémoste	tesémosle	tesémonos	tesémoos	tesémosles
	accusative	not used	tesémoste	tesémoslo, tesémosla	tesémonos	tesémoos	tesémoslos, tesémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tesad	dative	tesadme	not used	tesadle	tesadnos	tesaos	tesadles
	accusative	tesadme	not used	tesadlo, tesadla	tesadnos	tesaos	tesadlos, tesadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tesen	dative	tésenme	not used	tésenle	tésennos	not used	tésenles, tésense
	accusative	tésenme	not used	tésenlo, tésenla	tésennos	not used	tésenlos, tésenlas, tésense

Related terms

• tender
• tieso

Further reading

• “tesar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025