tenso
Portuguese, adjective/ˈtẽ.su/
tenso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “tense (showing stress or strain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que está sob tensão; em que há tensão”.
What does tenso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tense (showing stress or strain)
Este ambiente está te deixando tenso.
- 2
Brazilslangdifficult; complicated
Eu acho tensa essa matéria na escola.
- 3
Brazilslangderisively different; weird
O estilo dos punks é bem tenso.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está sob tensão; em que há tensão 2. chato; complicado; difícil
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tenso
- tensa feminine
- tensos masculine plural
- tensas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tenso?
- Brazil /ˈtẽ.su/
- Portugal /ˈtẽ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tenso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tenso in Portuguese?
tenso appears 5.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).