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teso.

taut, tight, tense, stretched

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈte.zo//ˈte.so/

  1. taut, tight, tense, stretched

  2. outstretched

  3. tense, nervous, fraught, strained

  4. aimed, intended

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin tēnsus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso. Cognate with Sicilian tisu.

verb/ˈte.zo//ˈte.so/

  1. past participle of tendere

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin tēnsus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso. Cognate with Sicilian tisu.

verb/ˈte.zo//ˈte.so/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tesare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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