extensão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extēnsiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /es.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ , /eʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.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)

tract (an area)
(electricity) extension cord; power strip with extension cord

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Further reading

“extensão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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