tenaz

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin tenācem. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: te‧naz === Adjective === tenaz m or f (plural tenazes) tenacious adhesive (clinging to an object or surface) Synonyms: aderente, adesivo obstinate (unwilling to yield from a point of view) Synonyms: obstinado, teimoso, porfiado, ferrenho ==== Derived terms ==== tenazmente === Noun === tenaz f (plural tenazes) tongs (gripping tool used for manipulating hot objects) pincer (gripping limb of some animals, such as crabs, lobsters and scorpions) === Further reading === “tenaz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tenaz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin tenācem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teˈnaθ/ [t̪eˈnaθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /teˈnas/ [t̪eˈnas] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -as (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: te‧naz === Adjective === tenaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural tenaces) tenacious Synonyms: tesonero, porfiado, pertinaz ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tenaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025