extensão

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *tend-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *téndeti

Proto-Italic *tendō

Latin tendō

Latin extendō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin extēnsiōnemlbor.

Portuguese extensão

Learned borrowing from Latin extēnsiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [is.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [is.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /es.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [iʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /eʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [eʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /es.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ɐjʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ɐjʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ejʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ejʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/, /eʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

Noun

extensão f (plural extensões)

1. tract (an area)
2. extension cord; a power strip with an extension cord
3. (computing) file extension
4. (computing) extension (optional software component)

Related terms

• estender
• extensivo
• extenso

Further reading

• “extensão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “extensão”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “extensão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026