жен.
1) narrowness
tightness
closeness
2) (недостаток места, толкотня) cram, crush какая теснота! – what a crush!, how crowded it is here! жить в тесноте – to live cooped/penned up together в тесноте, да не в обиде – the more the merrier
теснот|а - ж. lack of space
(чего-л.) smallness, inadequacy
какая ~! hog crowded it is here!
жить в ~е live in crowded conditions, be* cooped up
в ~е, да не в обиде погов. the more, the merrier