See also: Tesar, tesař, tesár, and тесар

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Etymology

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From tes (tight), or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *tēnsāre, from Latin tēnsus, perfect passive participle of tendō.

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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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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tesařь.

Noun

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tȅsār m (Cyrillic spelling те̏са̄р)

  1. carpenter

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  • tesar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

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Etymology

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From a Vulgar Latin *tēnsāre, from Latin tēnsus, perfect passive participle of tendō.

Pronunciation

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

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

  1. (nautical) to sweat
    Synonym: atesar

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