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tesar
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Catalan
Etymology
From tes (“tight”), or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *tēnsāre, from Latin tēnsus, perfect passive participle of tendō.
Pronunciation
Verb
tesar (first-person singular present teso, first-person singular preterite tesí, past participle tesat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/
- (transitive) to tighten, tauten
- 2011, Daniel Closa i Autet, 100 invents que han canviat el món:
- Si posem la fletxa ben col·locada i tesem l'arc, el que fem és acumular una bona quantitat d'energia que, en deixar-la anar, s'alliberarà de cop i empenyerà la fletxa a gran velocitat.
- If we position the arrow well and tauten the bow, what we do is accumulate a good quantity of energy which, in letting go, is released at once and thrusts the arrow forward at high velocity.
Conjugation
Further reading
- “tesar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
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Portuguese
Etymology
From teso (“taut; stiff”) + -ar. Alternatively, from an unattested Vulgar Latin *tēnsāre, from Latin tēnsus, perfect passive participle of tendō.
Pronunciation
Verb
tesar (first-person singular present teso, first-person singular preterite tesei, past participle tesado)
- (transitive, naval slang) alternative form of entesar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “tesar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “tesar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “tesar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tesařь.
Noun
tȅsār m anim (Cyrillic spelling те̏са̄р)
Declension
Further reading
- “tesar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin *tēnsāre, from Latin tēnsus, perfect passive participle of tendō.
Pronunciation
Verb
tesar (first-person singular present teso, first-person singular preterite tesé, past participle tesado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “tesar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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