Meanings (ES + gloss)
templado • tensado • tensionado • tenso • tiesto • tirante
Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
Every piece of binding is first carefully examined and tested; then it is put on, cautiously and accurately. Every turn is hauled taut, taking care that it is in its right place. […
The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor. All around the hull, in the blackness, the rippling current bubbled and chattered like…
conciso
Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.
If he curbs his swing a little and gets something crisper and tauter in his methods he may yet be very good.
The superbly crafted suspense thriller that director Jonathan Demme has made from Thomas Harris's taut best-selling novel The Silence of the Lambs slams you like a sudden blast of…
tenso
Experiencing anxiety or stress.
His outward appearance was calm, but inside he was very taut.
fuerte
Strong; uncompromising.
Yet the 2016 Éxilé rosé from Lise et Bertrand Jousset in the Loire Valley, made mostly of gamay, was yeasty let light and lithe, while the 2016 Indigeno from Ancarani in Emilia-Rom…