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Galician
Verb
detendo
- gerund of deter
Latin
Etymology
From de- + tendō (“stretch, extend”).
Pronunciation
Verb
detendō (present infinitive detendere, perfect active detendī, supine detentum); third conjugation
- to loosen, to relax (rare)
- to strike the tents (military)
60 BCE – 50 BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Civil War 3.85:
- His constitutis rebus signo iam profectionis dato tabernaculisque detensis...
- He had decided accordingly and given the order for departure, and the tents had been taken down.
Conjugation
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
detendo
- gerund of deter