| Spanish > English | |
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| tieso | |
| 1. adj. stiff, rigid | |
| Me preocupa que sus codos estén tan tiesos, doctor. - Doctor, I'm worried her elbows are so stiff. | |
| El material es demasiado tieso; necesitamos otro. - The material is too stiff; we need another one. | |
| 2. adj. starched, very formal | |
| Escribe con excelentes detalles, pero con un estilo tieso. - He writes including excellent details, but his style is too formal. | |
| 3. adj. strong-willed, stubborn | |
| 4. adj. (colloquial) frozen solid, rigid to due to cold | |
| Dejaste tan atrás la leche en el estante del refrigerador que ahora está tiesa. - You left the milk so far back in the fridge shelf that it's now frozen solid. | |
| 5. adj. (slang) erect, hard, stiff (having an erect penis; translates in some contexts to erection, boner, stiffy) | |
| Lo tengo tieso. - I've got a boner. | |
| 6. adj. (colloquial) dead | |
| Mira si está tieso. - Check if he's dead. | |
| 7. adj. (colloquial) in shock, astonished | |
| Los dejaste tiesos cuando los apantallaste con tus rimas improvisadas. - You left them in shock when you impressed them with your improvised rhymes. | |
| 8. adj. (colloquial) broke, skint (without money) | |
| Spanish > Spanish | |
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| tieso | |
| 1. adj. Rígido o duro. |  |
| 2. adj. Inflexible en sus maneras. | |
| 3. adj. Muerto. | |
| Uso: Coloquial. | |
| de no haber sido por la intervención de mi amigo, el asaltante me deja tieso. | |
