tesar

See also: Tesar, tesař, tesár, and тесар

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/

  1. (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.

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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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈza(ʁ)/ [teˈza(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /teˈza(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /teˈza(ʁ)/ [teˈza(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈza(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨˈzaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨˈza.ɾi/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ, -aʁ, -a

Verb

tesar (first-person singular present teso, first-person singular preterite tesei, past participle tesado)

  1. (transitive, naval slang) alternative form of entesar

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tesařь.

Noun

tȅsār m anim (Cyrillic spelling те̏са̄р)

  1. carpenter

Declension

Declension of tesar
singular plural
nominative tesar tesari
genitive tesara tesara
dative tesaru tesarima
accusative tesara tesare
vocative tesaru tesari
locative tesaru tesarima
instrumental tesarom tesarima

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

  • IPA(key): /teˈsaɾ/ [t̪eˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: te‧sar

Verb

tesar (first-person singular present teso, first-person singular preterite tesé, past participle tesado)

  1. (nautical) to sweat
    Synonym: atesar

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