tensar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Ido ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English tension, French tension, Italian tensione, Spanish tensión.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tenˈsar/
=== Verb ===
tensar (present tensas, past tensis, future tensos, conditional tensus, imperative tensez)
(transitive) to stretch: draw in length
(transitive) to strain, tense
(transitive) to cock (a gun)
(transitive) to wind up (a clock or a watch)
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=== References ===
Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 289, 466
Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 660
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From tenso + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tenˈsaɾ/ [t̪ẽnˈsaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ten‧sar
=== Verb ===
tensar (first-person singular present tenso, first-person singular preterite tensé, past participle tensado)
to tense
==== Conjugation ====
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=== Further reading ===
“tensar”, 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