tieso

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tēnsus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjeso/ [ˈt̪je.so]

Adjective

tieso (feminine tiesa, masculine plural tiesos, feminine plural tiesas)

1. stiff, rigid

   Synonyms: rígido, inflexible

2. starched, formal
3. strong-willed
4. (colloquial) broke, skint (without money)
5. (slang) erect, hard, stiff (having an erect penis; translates in some contexts to erection, boner, stiffy)

   Estoy tieso y quiero jugar contigo.

   I'm hard and I want to play with you.

   Lo tengo tieso.

   I've got a boner.

6. (colloquial) dead

   Synonym: muerto

Related terms

• tender
• tesar
• tesón

• tesura
• tensión
• entesar

Further reading

• “tieso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014