tieso

/ˈtjeso/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los tiesos

Meaning

  1. stiff

    • Está tieso de frío.

      He's stiff with cold.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

cadáver

Close in slang — tieso ("stiff") is used informally for a corpse in Spanish just as "stiff" is English slang for a dead body.

Similar in other languages

German

steif

steif is the German word for the same thing — both mean "stiff."

Practice

1 What does tieso mean?

2 Fill the gap: Está ___ de frío.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tieso?

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