A tenso (Occitan: [tenˈsu], Catalan: [tənˈso] or [tanˈso]; modern Occitan spelling: tenson, modern Catalan spelling: tençó, pl. tençons) is a style of Occitan song favoured by the troubadours. It takes the form of a debate in which each voice defends a position on a topic relating to love or ethics. Closely related genres include the partimen and the cobla exchange. Another close variant, wherein the two debaters were judged by a third is called the contenson or contençó, from the Occitan word for contest. In Italian literature, the tensó was adapted as the tenzon(e).