tilinte

Portuguese

Verb

tilinte

  1. inflection of tilintar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Nahuatl tilinquí (“stretched”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈlinte/ [t̪iˈlĩn̪.t̪e]
  • Audio (Costa Rica):(file)
  • Rhymes: -inte
  • Syllabification: ti‧lin‧te

Adjective

tilinte m or f (masculine and feminine plural tilintes)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua) taut, stretched
    Synonym: tenso
    La cuerda está tilinte.
    The rope is taut.

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