tense in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for tense in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.tense¹ [Am tɛns, Brit tɛns] ADJ

1. tense (strained):

tense atmosphere/situation

tenso

2. tense (nervous):

tense

nervioso

tense

tenso

3. tense (taut):

tense wire

tenso

tense wire

tirante

tense body

tenso

tense body

en tensión

II.tense¹ [Am tɛns, Brit tɛns] VB trans

tense

poner tenso

tense

tensar

III.tense¹ [Am tɛns, Brit tɛns] VB intr

tense

ponerse tenso

tense

tensarse

tense² N

tense

tiempo m

the past/present/future tense

el pasado/presente/futuro

simple tense N

simple tense

tiempo m simple

tense up VB [Am tɛns -, Brit tɛns -] (v + adv) inf

tense up

ponerse tenso

Translations for tense in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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crispado (crispada)

tense

enrarecido (enrarecida)

tense

imperfecto

imperfect tense

tensionado (tensionada)

tense

tensionado (tensionada)

tense

tensional

tense

tenso (tensa)

tense

estás muy tenso, procura relajarte un poco

you're very tense, try to relax a bit

tenso (tensa)

tense

estaba muy tensa antes del examen

she was very tense o nervous o uptight before the exam

tenso (tensa) relación

tense

tenso (tensa) situación

tense

tense in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tense in the English»Spanish Dictionary

tense¹ [tents] N LING

tense

tiempo m

I.tense² [tents] ADJ

tense wire, person, atmosphere:

tense

tenso, -a

II.tense² [tents] VB trans

tense

tensar

III.tense² [tents] VB intr

tense

ponerse tenso

present tense N LING

present tense

tiempo m presente

tense up VB intr

tense up

ponerse tenso

past tense N

past tense

tiempo m pasado

Translations for tense in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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tenso (-a) (cosa, situación)

tense

tenso (-a) (músculos, nervios)

tense

perfecto

perfect tense

aspecto progresivo LING

continuous tense

tensar (músculo)

to tense

presente

present (tense)

tense Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

in the future tense

en futuro

the atmosphere at the meeting was very tense

el ambiente en la reunión estaba caldeado

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The injury occurred eight minutes before the end of a tense playoff match.

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Conjugation is affected by mood, person, tense, number and occasionally gender.

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In grammar, the most important change was the emergence of the present tense.

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There are not long conjugations of verb tenses.

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Things were tense when a small patrol was spotted, but there was no possible way they could have detected the ship at that range.

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There are two conjugations, the positive and negative, and most tenses have corresponding forms in each.

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They do not undergo a change of form to denote different modes and tenses.

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When protests became tense, it was often these three who were able to deescalate the situation, preventing violence.

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Every dry season, this area is quite tense with concerns relating to camp security threats of armed attack and/or attempts to burn the camp.

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They are used as objects in past tenses when employed with a transitive verb.

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