tensão
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin tēnsiōnem (“stretching; tension”), from tendō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Doublet of the inherited tesão.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittensão 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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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃w̃
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃w̃/2 syllables
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