distender
English
Etymology
distend + -er
Noun
distender (plural distenders)
- 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.
- 2005, Robert Barr, In the Midst of Alarms (page 28)
Anagrams
- dendrites
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin distendere.
Pronunciation
- (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/
- Hyphenation: dis‧ten‧der
Verb
distender (first-person singular present distendo, first-person singular preterite distendi, past participle distendido)
- to stretch, to distend
- to pull (a muscle)
Conjugation
Conjugation of distender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | distender | |||||
| Personal | distender | distenderes | distender | distendermos | distenderdes | distenderem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| distendendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | distendido | distendidos | ||||
| Feminine | distendida | distendidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | distendo | distendes | distende | distendemos | distendeis | distendem |
| Imperfect | distendia | distendias | distendia | distendíamos | distendíeis | distendiam |
| Preterite | distendi | distendeste | distendeu | distendemos | distendestes | distenderam |
| Pluperfect | distendera | distenderas | distendera | distendêramos | distendêreis | distenderam |
| Future | distenderei | distenderás | distenderá | distenderemos | distendereis | distenderão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| distenderia | distenderias | distenderia | distenderíamos | distenderíeis | distenderiam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | distenda | distendas | distenda | distendamos | distendais | distendam |
| Imperfect | distendesse | distendesses | distendesse | distendêssemos | distendêsseis | distendessem |
| Future | distender | distenderes | distender | distendermos | distenderdes | distenderem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | distende | distenda | distendamos | distendei | distendam | |
| Negative (não) | não distendas | não distenda | não distendamos | não distendais | não distendam | |
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin distendere, present active infinitive of distendō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /distenˈdeɾ/ [d̪is.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: dis‧ten‧der
Verb
distender (first-person singular present distiendo, first-person singular preterite distendí, past participle distendido)
- (transitive) to stretch, to distend
- (reflexive) to ease, to relax
- 2017 August 17, “Presidente de Corea del Sur:”, in El Comercio:
- 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 quote)
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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