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tense / tiempo
tense
·in the present tense
·en presente
tense / tenso
tense
2
[tens]
A. -adjective
tenser comparative
tensest superlative
1. (=nervous) [person, expression] tenso
·her [voice] was tense
·se le notaba la tensiónoun en la voz
·to [feel] tense
·sentirse tenso
·to [get] or [grow] tense
·ponerse tenso
2. (=stiff) [body, muscles, neck] tenso, en tensiónoun
·my shoulders are tense
·tengo los hombros tensos or en tensiónoun
3. (=strained) [atmosphere, silence] tenso [relations] tenso, tirante [period, moment] de tensiónoun
·the tense [situation] in the Persian Gulf
·la situaciónoun de tensiónoun en el Golfo Pérsico
4. (=taut) [rope, wire] tenso, tirante
B. -intransitive verb also tense up
[person] ponerse tenso
[muscle, body] ponerse tenso, ponerse en tensiónoun
C. -transitive verb also tense up tensar, poner tenso
·she tensed her [muscles]
·tensó or puso tensos los masculineúsculos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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