tense

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
2. (countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
3. (countable, proscribed) A grammatical aspect.
4. (countable, proscribed) A verb form or construction indicating a combination of tense, aspect, and mood.

Verb

To apply a tense to.

Adj

1. Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
2. Characterized by strain (on the nerves, emotions, etc). (Compare charged.)
3. Pulled taut, without any slack.
4. Produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make tense.
2. (intransitive) To become tense.

Conceptos

tensar

tenso

tiempo

⌚

dar cuerda

atirantar

amartillar

🔨

tirante

rígido

abrupto

acantilado

apretar

escarpado

estirar

vendar

tiempo gramatical

emocionante

dramático

tieso

concentrar

tesar

😓

teso

rigido

presionar

Sinónimos

strain

taut

tight

strained

nervous

tighten

tense up

stress

stretch

wind up

rack

strech

stiff

anxious

stern

agitated

close-fitting

be serious

serious

rigid

narrow

be stern

strict

stringent

stressful

firm

excited

be taut

uptight

contract

be nervous

tauten

stretched

squeeze

time

⌚

uneasy

intense

grammatical tense

be stretched tight

confine

condense

bandage

strengthen

apprehensive

strenuous

stow

straight

steep

austere

shut up

Traducciones

temps

⌚

spannen

spannen

Tempus

teso

uitrekken

strekken

opwinden

tempo

⌚

anspannen

caricare

Zeit

⌚

nauwer aanhalen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tɛns/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: tens

Cognado con francés: temps

In summary

From Middle English tens, from Old French tens (modern French temps), from Latin tempus. Doublet of tempo and tempus.