Polyglot Dictionary

tensão

/tẽˈsɐ̃w/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as tensões

Meaning

  1. tension

    • Há muita tensão.

      There is a lot of tension.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

tensión

tensión is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "tension."

French

tension

tension is the French word for the same thing — both mean "tension."

Practice

1 What does tensão mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há muita ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tensão?

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