teso

See also: tesó and tesò

Catalan

Verb

teso

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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

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

• entesar
• Teso

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “teso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “teso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ezo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tensus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso.

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• tesare

Verb

1. past participle of tendere

Etymology 2

Verb

teso

1. first-person singular present indicative of tesare

Anagrams

• esto, oste

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tēnsus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso.

Adjective

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

Synonyms

• retesado, esticado, tenso

Derived terms

• entesar

Related terms

• tender
• tensão

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Spanish

Verb

teso

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