distender
Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
distender is spelled D-I-S-T-E-N-D-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stretch, to distend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esticar”.
What does distender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stretch, to distend
- 2
to pull (a muscle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. esticar 2. dilatar ou inchar 3. ser alvo de distensão 4. sofrer estiramento
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of distender
- distendo first-person present singular
- distendi first-person preterite singular
- distendido participle past
- distenderes infinitive second-person singular
- distendermos first-person infinitive plural
- distenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- distenderem infinitive plural third-person
- distendendo gerund
- distendidos masculine participle past
- distendida feminine participle past
- distendidas feminine participle past
- distendes indicative present second-person
- distende indicative present singular
- distendemos first-person indicative plural
- distendeis indicative plural present
- distendem indicative plural present
- distendia first-person imperfect indicative
- distendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distender?
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(h)]
- /d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distender in Portuguese?
distender appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).