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tese

taut, stretched, tense, held out, stretched out

ˈt e . z e → teso
tes stretch + e 3rd-person singular past or feminine plural
adjective · plural feminine Rare #40,693
taut, stretched
IT: Le corde sono tese.
EN: The ropes are taut.
tense
IT: Le ragazze sono tese prima dell'esame.
EN: The girls are tense before the exam.
Forms of teso
MasculineFeminine
Singular — tesa
Plural — tese

Non le ho mai viste così tese.

I've never seen them so tense.

Ginocchia tese!

Keep your knees straight!

— Arrivederci ragazzi (1987)

Le prime due palle erano alte e tese.

The first two balls were high and driven hard.

— L'uomo dei sogni (1989)

Le voglio ben tese.

I want them nice and taut.

— Addio mia concubina (1993)

Sono tese.

They are tense.

verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #44,734
held out, stretched out, extended
IT: Tese la mano per salutarmi.
EN: He held out his hand to greet me.
set, laid
IT: Mi tese una trappola.
EN: He set a trap for me.
Conjugation of tendere
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third tese —

Tomas Garrido le tese una trappola.

Tomas Garrido set a trap for her.

— Contrattempo (2017)

Tomas tese la mano sinistra, col pollice in su.

Tomas held out his left hand, with his thumb up.

Tese quelle gambe.

Stretch those legs.

— Addio mia concubina (1993)

Tese l'orecchio.

He pricked up his ears.

Sounds similar to

mese ˈm e . z e tesi ˈt e . z i rese ˈr e . z e tesa ˈt e . z a teme ˈt e . m e scese ˈʃ e . z e teso ˈt e . z o