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tienda

tienda

9.4
A tent used for sleeping when camping
  • noun
  • /tiˈɛndə/
  • US
translation icon : carpa
  • The hikers carried a lightweight tienda for their journey through the mountains.

Examples

  • During the festival, many families stayed in a large tienda near the lake.

  • The tienda provided shelter from the rain.

  • They set up a tienda in the forest to spend the night safely.

  • We set up our tienda near the lake.

  • During the festival, many families stayed in a large tienda near the lake.

  • They set up a tienda in the forest to spend the night safely.

  • The hikers carried a lightweight tienda for their journey through the mountains.

Synonyms

wall tent
vstienda
  • US
4.5

A large camping shelter with four straight cloth walls that gives more room inside than a normal tent

is a general temporary camping shelter without those vertical walls
cottage tent
vstienda
5.3

A large tent with walls and a roof big enough for a family

is a general temporary shelter rather than a house-like family design

How Big

marquee
  • UK
7 7.1
tienda
  • US
9.4
pup tent
  • Archaic
3 4.7

Surface Forms

tienda singular
tiendas plural

Etymology

Tienda comes from an old Latin word tenda and the root tendere meaning 'to stretch'. A 'tenda' was a cloth stretched over poles, so tienda still means a camping 'tent' in Spanish.