Meaning
tension, suspense
- stress
- pressure
- voltage
In a sentence
C'è molta tensione prima della finale di stasera.
There's a lot of tension before tonight's final.
Hai sentito la tensione al lavoro oggi?
Did you feel the tension at work today?
Controlla la tensione della batteria, per favore.
Check the battery voltage, please.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tensione | feminine · singular |
| tensioni | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use tensione for emotional strain or suspense; use stress more for modern psychological stress, especially in informal speech.
- For electricity, tensione is standard technical Italian; learners often wrongly use voltaggio everywhere, which is more specialized.
- In everyday Italian, avere la pressione alta refers to blood pressure; tensione alone usually does not mean that.