tieso
Spanish, noun/ˈtjeso/
tieso is spelled T-I-E-S-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 44,603rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tieso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “A snake eel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tieso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stiff, rigid
Me preocupa que sus codos estén tan tiesos, doctor.
- 2
starched, very formal
Escribe con excelentes detalles, pero con un estilo tieso.
- 3
strong-willed, stubborn
- 4
colloquialfrozen solid, rigid due to cold
Dejaste tan atrás la leche en el estante del refrigerador que ahora está tiesa.
- 5
slangerect, hard, stiff (having an erect penis; translates in some contexts to erection, boner, stiffy)
Lo tengo tieso.
- 6
colloquialdead
Mira si está tieso.
- 7
colloquialin shock, astonished
Los dejaste tiesos cuando los apantallaste con tus rimas improvisadas.
- 8
colloquialbroke, skint (without money)
noun
- 1
masculineA snake eel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Rígido o duro. 2. Inflexible en sus maneras. 3. Muerto. 4. Dicho de que una persona, que se mueve con torpeza o dificultad, que tiene problemas motrices gruesos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tieso
- tiesa feminine
- tiesos masculine plural
- tiesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tieso?
- /ˈtjeso/
- [ˈt̪je.so]
- [ˈt̪jeso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tieso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tieso in Spanish?
tieso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).