1º_ Hard, rigid, tight. From the Latin tensus, with the same meaning. 2º_ Shares the figurative meaning of its synonyms such as "dead", "penniless", "stubborn", "perplexed", . . .
It means rigid, erect, inthreaded. It also means hard, tense, stretched, dry, dehydrated, severe. In Colombia it also means dead, deceased.
Impecunious