tensar
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)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tensar
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | tensar | tensir | tensor | ||||
tense | tensas | tensis | tensos | ||||
conditional | tensus | ||||||
imperative | tensez | ||||||
adjective active participle | tensanta | tensinta | tensonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | tensante | tensinte | tensonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | tensanto | tensinto | tensonto | |||
plural | tensanti | tensinti | tensonti | ||||
adjective passive participle | tensata | tensita | tensota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | tensate | tensite | tensote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | tensato | tensito | tensoto | |||
plural | tensati | tensiti | tensoti |
Derived terms
- tensanto (“one who stretches; tensor”)
- tensar su (“to strain, stiffen oneself”)
- tensata (“tense, strained”)
- tenseso (“stretching, strain, tension, tenseness”)
- tensilo (“stretching instrument; winder”)
- tensita (“tense, strained”)
- tenso (“stretching, strain, tension, tenseness”)
References
- Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, pages 289, 466
- Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 660
Spanish
Etymology
From tenso.
Verb
tensar (first-person singular present tenso, first-person singular preterite tensé, past participle tensado)
- to tense
Conjugation
Conjugation of tensar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | tensar | ||||||
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gerund | tensando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tensado | tensada | |||||
plural | tensados | tensadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | tenso | tensastú tensásvos | tensa | tensamos | tensáis | tensan | |
imperfect | tensaba | tensabas | tensaba | tensábamos | tensabais | tensaban | |
preterite | tensé | tensaste | tensó | tensamos | tensasteis | tensaron | |
future | tensaré | tensarás | tensará | tensaremos | tensaréis | tensarán | |
conditional | tensaría | tensarías | tensaría | tensaríamos | tensaríais | tensarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | tense | tensestú tensésvos2 | tense | tensemos | tenséis | tensen | |
imperfect (ra) | tensara | tensaras | tensara | tensáramos | tensarais | tensaran | |
imperfect (se) | tensase | tensases | tensase | tensásemos | tensaseis | tensasen | |
future1 | tensare | tensares | tensare | tensáremos | tensareis | tensaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | tensatú tensávos | tense | tensemos | tensad | tensen | ||
negative | no tenses | no tense | no tensemos | no tenséis | no tensen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tensar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive tensar | |||||||
dative | tensarme | tensarte | tensarle, tensarse | tensarnos | tensaros | tensarles, tensarse | |
accusative | tensarme | tensarte | tensarlo, tensarla, tensarse | tensarnos | tensaros | tensarlos, tensarlas, tensarse | |
with gerund tensando | |||||||
dative | tensándome | tensándote | tensándole, tensándose | tensándonos | tensándoos | tensándoles, tensándose | |
accusative | tensándome | tensándote | tensándolo, tensándola, tensándose | tensándonos | tensándoos | tensándolos, tensándolas, tensándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tensa | |||||||
dative | ténsame | ténsate | ténsale | ténsanos | not used | ténsales | |
accusative | ténsame | ténsate | ténsalo, ténsala | ténsanos | not used | ténsalos, ténsalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tensá | |||||||
dative | tensame | tensate | tensale | tensanos | not used | tensales | |
accusative | tensame | tensate | tensalo, tensala | tensanos | not used | tensalos, tensalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative tense | |||||||
dative | ténseme | not used | ténsele, ténsese | ténsenos | not used | ténseles | |
accusative | ténseme | not used | ténselo, ténsela, ténsese | ténsenos | not used | ténselos, ténselas | |
with first-person plural imperative tensemos | |||||||
dative | not used | tensémoste | tensémosle | tensémonos | tensémoos | tensémosles | |
accusative | not used | tensémoste | tensémoslo, tensémosla | tensémonos | tensémoos | tensémoslos, tensémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative tensad | |||||||
dative | tensadme | not used | tensadle | tensadnos | tensaos | tensadles | |
accusative | tensadme | not used | tensadlo, tensadla | tensadnos | tensaos | tensadlos, tensadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative tensen | |||||||
dative | ténsenme | not used | ténsenle | ténsennos | not used | ténsenles, ténsense | |
accusative | ténsenme | not used | ténsenlo, ténsenla | ténsennos | not used | ténsenlos, ténsenlas, ténsense |
Related terms
- tenso
- destensar
- tieso
Further reading
- “tensar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014