extensão
Portuguese, noun/is.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
extensão is spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,420th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extensão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tract (an area)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de estender-se”.
What does extensão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetract (an area)
- 2
feminineextension cord; a power strip with an extension cord
- 3
femininefile extension
- 4
feminineextension (optional software component)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de estender-se 2. dimensão 3. conjunto de letras apostas ao nome de um ficheiro informático para o identificar 4. porção de cabo ou fio elétrico, munido ou não de fichas adaptadoras, normalmente destinado a interligar dois ou mais sistemas elétricos distantes entre si
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 extensão
- extensões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extensão?
- Brazil /is.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to extensão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extensão in Portuguese?
extensão appears 38 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).