estender
Portuguese, verb/is.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
estender is spelled E-S-T-E-N-D-E-R (8 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,015th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to extend; to broaden; to widen (to increase the extent or size of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prolongar-se, alongar-se”.
What does estender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extend; to broaden; to widen (to increase the extent or size of)
Contratamos uns pedreiros para estender a sala.
- 2
to extend; to broaden; to widen (to increase in extent or size)
A floresta está se estendendo.
- 3
to extend (to cause to last longer)
Tivemos que estender o prazo de entrega.
- 4
to extend (to straighten a limb outwards)
Estenda o braço para tomarmos-lhe o pulso.
- 5
to hang clothes or other objects to dry
Estendi as calças no varal.
- 6
to hand something over by extending one’s arm
Me estendam o sal.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. prolongar-se, alongar-se 2. abrir, esticar
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 estender
- estendo first-person present singular
- estendi first-person preterite singular
- estendido participle past
- estenderes infinitive second-person singular
- estendermos first-person infinitive plural
- estenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- estenderem infinitive plural third-person
- estendendo gerund
- estendidos masculine participle past
- estendida feminine participle past
- estendidas feminine participle past
- estendes indicative present second-person
- estende indicative present singular
- estendemos first-person indicative plural
- estendeis indicative plural present
- estendem indicative plural present
- estendia first-person imperfect indicative
- estendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estender?
- Brazil /is.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.tẽˈde(h)]
- Brazil /es.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estender in Portuguese?
estender appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).