Significado
tension, suspense
- stress
- pressure
- voltage
En una frase
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.
Formas de la palabra (2)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| tensione | feminine · singular |
| tensioni | feminine · plural |
Notas de uso
- 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.