tenso

Meaning

1. tense (showing stress or strain)
2. (Brazil, slang) difficult; complicated
3. (Brazil, slang) derisively different; weird

Concepts

taut

tense

tight

uptight

jittery

edgy

keyed up

nervy

on edge

overstrung

restive

strained

stressful

strict

wound up

drawn

high strung

fraught

highly strung

high-strung

intense

jumpy

Synonyms

teso

irritável

esticado

tensa

retesado

Translations

tenso

tibant

gespannen

teso

tendu

angespannt

tens

tirato

gespannt

nervoso

temps

⌚

anxieux

tirante

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtẽ.su/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: tēnsus

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin tēnsus. Doublet of teso.