tensar

v.

1 to tauten (cable, cuerda).

2 to tighten, to stiffen, to tauten, to strain.

Ellos se apretaron los cordones They tightened their shoelaces.

* * *

tensar

► verbo transitivo

1 (cable, cuerda) to tauten

2 (arco) to draw

* * *

verb

1) to tense

2) tighten

* * *

1.

VT [+ cable, cuerda] to tighten, tauten; [+ músculo] to tense; [+ arco] to draw; [+ relaciones] to strain

2.

See:

tensarse

* * *

verbo transitivo <músculo> to tense; <cuerda/cable> to tighten; <arco> to draw; <relaciones/lazos> to strain

* * *

= tighten, tension, tense up, tense.

Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex. Tension the battens until those wrinkles disappear.

Ex. Get comfy and totally relax your body and if you need to tense it up and then feel it let go then do so..

Ex. If you neck is hurting during the exercise then you are tensing it too much and that means your technique is wrong.

* * *

verbo transitivo <músculo> to tense; <cuerda/cable> to tighten; <arco> to draw; <relaciones/lazos> to strain

* * *

= tighten, tension, tense up, tense.

Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex: Tension the battens until those wrinkles disappear.

Ex: Get comfy and totally relax your body and if you need to tense it up and then feel it let go then do so..

Ex: If you neck is hurting during the exercise then you are tensing it too much and that means your technique is wrong.

* * *

tensar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹músculo› to tense; ‹cuerda/cable› to tauten, tighten; ‹arco› to draw

2 ‹relaciones/lazos› to strain, make … tense, put … under strain

* * *

tensar (conjugate tensar) verbo transitivo ‹músculo› to tense;
‹cuerda/cable› to tighten;
‹arco› to draw;
‹relaciones/lazos› to strain
tensar verbo transitivo
1 (una cuerda, un cable, etc) to tighten: hay que tensar la lona, we must make the canvas taut
(un arco) to draw
2 (un músculo) to tense
'tensar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estirar
English:
slack
- tighten
- tense

* * *

tensar

♦ vt

1. [cable, cuerda] to tauten;

[arco] to draw; [músculo, cuerpo] to tense

2. [situación, relación, ambiente] to make tense, to strain;

[persona] to make tense

♦ See also the pronominal verb tensarse

* * *

tensar

v/t tighten; músculo tense, tighten

* * *

tensar vt

1) : to tense, to make taut

2) : to draw (a bow)

♦ See also the reflexive verb tensarse