tensão

Portuguese[edit]

Borrowed from Latin tēnsiōnem (“stretching; tension”), from tendō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Doublet of the inherited tesão.

tensão f (plural tensões)

tenseness (the characteristic of being tense)
Antonym: frouxidão
(psychology) tension (psychological state of being tense)
Synonym: estresse
(physics, engineering) tension (state of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length)
(physics) stress (the internal distribution of force per unit area)
(electricity) tension; voltage
Synonym: voltagem
(sociology) a situation where conflict between social groups is imminent
(phonetics) tenseness (a particular vowel or consonant quality)
(Provençal poetry) tenson (debate between two interlocutors)
Synonym: tense

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