tautness

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tautness

[ˈtɔːtnɪs]

sustantivo

1tensión (f)

tautness [ˈtɔːtnɪs]

noun

1 [of rope] tensión; (f) [of skin] tirantez; (f)

any tautness felt in the skin can be relieved with a little moisturiser

2 [of face, expression] tensión; (f)

I could see by the tautness of her expression that things were not going well

3 [of body, muscles] firmeza; (f)

she admired the tautness of his leg muscles/body/thighs (sorry, nothing else occurs to me!)

4 [of writing] lo compacto

one thing I particularly liked was the tautness of the/his writing the tautness of the script

Paid English to Spanish translation

Word of the Day: evidentemente

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evidently, plainly, clearly, obviously