# teso
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈtɛ.zu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈtɛ.zo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈte.zo]

### Verb

teso
* first-person singular present indicative of tesar

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin tensus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteso̝/

### Noun

teso m (plural tesos)
* hill; mountain; mountain top
    Synonyms: curuto, cotarelo

### Adjective

teso (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesos, feminine plural tesas)
* taut, tight, tense, stretched
** c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 342:
    Et acharom a seu señor Pyrrus moy malandante ẽna area, moy jnchado et tã teso que adur lles podo falar(please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Synonyms: irto, rexo, ríxido
* stiff (formal in behavior; unrelaxed)
* erect
    Carallo teso non cre en Deus (proverb)In heat, men are prone to sin(literally, “An erect penis don't believe in God”)

#### Derived terms

* entesar
* Teso

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “teso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “teso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “teso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈte.zo/, (traditional) /ˈte.so/
* Rhymes: -ezo, (traditional) -eso
* Hyphenation: té‧so

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tēnsus. Compare the borrowed doublet tenso.

#### Adjective

teso (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesi, feminine plural tese, superlative tesissimo)
* taut, tight, tense, stretched
* outstretched
* tense, nervous, fraught, strained
* (followed by a) aimed, intended

##### Derived terms

* tesare

#### Participle

teso (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesi, feminine plural tese)
* past participle of tendere

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

teso
* first-person singular present indicative of tesare

### References

* ↑ teso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* esto, oste, stoe

## Old English
### Noun

teso ?
* Alternative form of tesu

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin tēnsus. Compare the borrowed doublet of tenso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈte.zu/
* Hyphenation: te‧so

### Adjective

teso (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesos, feminine plural tesas)
* taut (pulled tight, as in a rope)
    Synonyms: retesado, esticado, tenso
* firm
* decided
* impetuous
* (informal) penniless

#### Derived terms

* entesar

#### Related terms

* tender
* tensão
* tesão

### Noun

teso m (plural tesos)
* steep mountain or hill
* summit
* (Brazil) elevated terrain

### Further reading

* “teso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteso/ [ˈt̪e.so]
* Rhymes: -eso
* Syllabification: te‧so

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

teso m (plural tesos)
* crest of a hill
    Synonym: cresta

#### Adjective

teso (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesos, feminine plural tesas)
* (Colombia) smart; clever
    Synonym: listo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

teso
* first-person singular present indicative of tesar

### Further reading

* “teso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014