- tirantez
- f.1 tension (also figurative).2 severity, rigor.3 tenseness, tautness, tension.4 drawing.* * *tirantez► nombre femenino1 (tensión) tautness, tightness2 figurado (de relación etc) tension, strain* * *SF1) (Téc etc) tightness, tension2) (fig) (=tensión) tension, strain
la tirantez de las relaciones con Eslobodia — the strained relations with Slobodia, the tense state of relations with Slobodia
ha disminuido la tirantez — the tension has lessened
3) (Econ) tightness* * *femeninoa) (de cuerda, la piel) tautness, tightnessb) (en relaciones) tension, strain* * *= tension.Ex. A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.* * *femeninoa) (de cuerda, la piel) tautness, tightnessb) (en relaciones) tension, strain* * *= tension.Ex: A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.
* * *tirantezfeminine1 (de una cuerda, la piel) tautness, tightness2 (en relaciones) tension, strainuna situación de tirantez en la oficina a tense o strained atmosphere in the office* * *
tirantez sustantivo femenino
1 tension, tautness
2 (hostilidad en una relación) tension
'tirantez' also found in these entries:
English:
tautly
- friction
- tension
* * *tirantez nf1. [de cuerda, goma] tension2. [de situación, relaciones] tension, tenseness;existe cierta tirantez entre ellos there is a certain tension between them* * *tirantezf figtension* * *tirantez nf1) : tautness2) : tension, friction, strain
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.