English-Spanish translations for tense

tensoEstamos pasando por un momento muy difícil y tenso con Irán. We are going through a very difficult and tense period with Iran. En un clima financiero tan tenso, puede resultar tentador utilizar de cabeza de turco a determinados organismos o actores financieros. In such a tense financial climate, it can be tempting to make scapegoats of certain financial actors or bodies. Este preocupante episodio, sin embargo, no es un hecho aislado en un contexto que, cada vez, deviene más tenso y peligroso. Nevertheless, this worrying episode is not an isolated one within a context that is becoming increasingly tense and dangerous.
tiempoEl primero es decir que vivimos tiempos difíciles. My first comment is that these are tense times. Ha pasado el tiempo, así que se tiene que poner en pasado. Time has moved on, so it needs to be put in the past tense. Señor Presidente, los tiempos que corren están cargados de emociones para el presidente Lukashenko. Mr President, these are tense times for President Lukashenko.

Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists
An form of a verb that indicates tense
The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists
To apply a tense to
Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed
Pulled taut, without any slack
To make or become tense

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