distender

English

Etymology

distend +‎ -er

Noun

distender (plural distenders)

1. One who, or that which, distends.
   • 2005, Robert Barr, In the Midst of Alarms (page 28)

     Crinoline was fashionable, even in the country, in those days, and ribs of cane were used before the metallic distenders of dresses came in.

Anagrams

• dendrites

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin distendere, present active infinitive of distendō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiʃ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.tẽˈde(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃ.tẽˈdeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃ.tẽˈdeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃ.tẽˈde.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: dis‧ten‧der

Verb

1. to stretch, to distend
2. to pull (a muscle)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distendere, present active infinitive of distendō.

Verb

distender (first-person singular present distiendo, first-person singular preterite distendí, past participle distendido)

1. (transitive) to stretch, to distend
2. (reflexive) to ease, to relax
   • 2017 August 17, “Presidente de Corea del Sur:”, in El Comercio‎^[1]:

     Sin embargo, la alarma mundial comenzó a distenderse el martes después de que el líder norcoreano Kim Jong-un se distanció del plan.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of distender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			distender
gerund			distendiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		distendido		distendida
		plural		distendidos		distendidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	distiendo	distiendestú distendésvos	distiende	distendemos	distendéis	distienden
	imperfect	distendía	distendías	distendía	distendíamos	distendíais	distendían
	preterite	distendí	distendiste	distendió	distendimos	distendisteis	distendieron
	future	distenderé	distenderás	distenderá	distenderemos	distenderéis	distenderán
	conditional	distendería	distenderías	distendería	distenderíamos	distenderíais	distenderían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	distienda	distiendastú distendásvos2	distienda	distendamos	distendáis	distiendan
	imperfect (ra)	distendiera	distendieras	distendiera	distendiéramos	distendierais	distendieran
	imperfect (se)	distendiese	distendieses	distendiese	distendiésemos	distendieseis	distendiesen
	future1	distendiere	distendieres	distendiere	distendiéremos	distendiereis	distendieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		distiendetú distendévos	distienda	distendamos	distended	distiendan
	negative		no distiendas	no distienda	no distendamos	no distendáis	no distiendan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of distender (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive distender
	dative	distenderme	distenderte	distenderle, distenderse	distendernos	distenderos	distenderles, distenderse
	accusative	distenderme	distenderte	distenderlo, distenderla, distenderse	distendernos	distenderos	distenderlos, distenderlas, distenderse
with gerund distendiendo
	dative	distendiéndome	distendiéndote	distendiéndole, distendiéndose	distendiéndonos	distendiéndoos	distendiéndoles, distendiéndose
	accusative	distendiéndome	distendiéndote	distendiéndolo, distendiéndola, distendiéndose	distendiéndonos	distendiéndoos	distendiéndolos, distendiéndolas, distendiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative distiende
	dative	distiéndeme	distiéndete	distiéndele	distiéndenos	not used	distiéndeles
	accusative	distiéndeme	distiéndete	distiéndelo, distiéndela	distiéndenos	not used	distiéndelos, distiéndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative distendé
	dative	distendeme	distendete	distendele	distendenos	not used	distendeles
	accusative	distendeme	distendete	distendelo, distendela	distendenos	not used	distendelos, distendelas
with formal second-person singular imperative distienda
	dative	distiéndame	not used	distiéndale, distiéndase	distiéndanos	not used	distiéndales
	accusative	distiéndame	not used	distiéndalo, distiéndala, distiéndase	distiéndanos	not used	distiéndalos, distiéndalas
with first-person plural imperative distendamos
	dative	not used	distendámoste	distendámosle	distendámonos	distendámoos	distendámosles
	accusative	not used	distendámoste	distendámoslo, distendámosla	distendámonos	distendámoos	distendámoslos, distendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative distended
	dative	distendedme	not used	distendedle	distendednos	distendeos	distendedles
	accusative	distendedme	not used	distendedlo, distendedla	distendednos	distendeos	distendedlos, distendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative distiendan
	dative	distiéndanme	not used	distiéndanle	distiéndannos	not used	distiéndanles, distiéndanse
	accusative	distiéndanme	not used	distiéndanlo, distiéndanla	distiéndannos	not used	distiéndanlos, distiéndanlas, distiéndanse

Further reading

• “distender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014