extensão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed 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]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [es.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

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

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

Noun

extensão f (plural extensões)

1. tract (an area)
2. (electricity) extension cord; power strip with extension cord

Related terms

• extender
• extensivo
• extenso

Further reading

• “extensão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.