Japanese

Romanization

tenso

1. rōmaji reading of てんそ

Latin

Participle

tensō

1. dative masculine singular of tensus
2. dative neuter singular of tensus
3. ablative masculine singular of tensus
4. ablative neuter singular of tensus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tensus. Compare teso.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.su/
• Hyphenation: ten‧so

Adjective

tenso m ‎(feminine singular tensa, masculine plural tensos, feminine plural tensas, comparable)

1. tense (showing stress or strain)

   Este ambiente está te deixando tenso. - This environment is making you tense.

2. (slang) difficult; complicated

   Eu acho tensa essa matéria na escola. - I find this subject at school to be complicated.

3. (slang) derisively different; weird

   O estilo dos punks é bem tenso. - Punk people's style is quite weird.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:tenso.

Related terms

• tensão

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tensus. Compare tieso.

Adjective

tenso m ‎(feminine singular tensa, masculine plural tensos, feminine plural tensas)

1. tense

Derived terms

• hipertenso

Verb

tenso

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