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Latin
Pronunciation
Participle
extēnsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of extēnsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extēnsus, perfect passive participle of extendō (“extend, stretch out”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ẽsu
- Hyphenation: ex‧ten‧so
Adjective
extenso (feminine extensa, masculine plural extensos, feminine plural extensas)
- extensive
- Antonym: reduzido
Further reading
- “extenso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “extenso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “extenso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “extenso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “extenso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “extenso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extēnsus, perfect passive participle of extendō (“extend, stretch out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡsˈtenso/
- Rhymes: -enso
- Syllabification: ex‧ten‧so
Adjective
extenso (feminine extensa, masculine plural extensos, feminine plural extensas)
- extensive
- Synonym: extensivo
- Antonym: inextenso
Derived terms
Further reading