extensão

Portuguese

Etymology

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]
  • (Southern Brazil) 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 Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “extensão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026