"tensão" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil, Portugal] Forms: tensões [plural]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tēnsiōnem (“stretching; tension”), from tendō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Doublet of the inherited tesão. Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|la|tensiō|tēnsiōnem|stretching; tension}} Latin tēnsiōnem (“stretching; tension”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*ten-||to stretch, draw}} Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”), {{doublet|pt|tesão|notext=1}} tesão Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} tensão f (plural tensões)
  1. tenseness (the characteristic of being tense) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tensão-pt-noun-Z3xwLlaq
  2. (psychology) tension (psychological state of being tense) Tags: feminine Synonyms: estresse
    Sense id: en-tensão-pt-noun-17eSaEIN Categories (other): Psychology, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 31 11 9 9 28 2 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 29 14 8 7 23 2 16 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 18 9 12 16 6 12 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  3. (physics, engineering) tension (state of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tensão-pt-noun-ff7bhs2I Categories (other): Engineering, Physics, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 31 11 9 9 28 2 8 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. (physics) stress (the internal distribution of force per unit area) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tensão-pt-noun-RsLuuYTV Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  5. (electricity) tension; voltage Tags: feminine Synonyms: voltagem
    Sense id: en-tensão-pt-noun-F8HzemH4 Categories (other): Electricity Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  6. (sociology) a situation where conflict between social groups is imminent Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tensão-pt-noun-xv11ZUQq Categories (other): Sociology, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 31 11 9 9 28 2 8 Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  7. (phonetics) tenseness (a particular vowel or consonant quality) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-tensão-pt-noun-YX1j3gtv Categories (other): Phonetics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
  8. (Provençal poetry) tenson (debate between two interlocutors) Tags: Provençal, feminine Synonyms: tense
    Sense id: en-tensão-pt-noun-9o85dANG Categories (other): Poetry Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tensão arterial, tensão normal, tensão pré-menstrual, tensão superficial
Related terms: tender, tensamente, tênsil, tensional, tensionamento, tensionante, tensionar, tensivo, tenso, tensoativo, tensor, tensorial

Inflected forms

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    "Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Portuguese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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