extenso

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈstẽː.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈstɛn.so]

Participle

extēnsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of extēnsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extēnsus, perfect passive participle of extendō (“extend, stretch out”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtẽ.su/, /esˈtẽ.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtẽ.su/, /esˈtẽ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtẽ.su/, /eʃˈtẽ.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtẽ.so/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtẽ.su/, /ɐjʃˈtẽ.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtẽ.su/, /ɐjʃˈtẽ.su/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtẽ.su/, /ejʃˈtẽ.su/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtẽ.su/, /ejʃˈtẽ.su/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtẽ.su/, /eʃˈtẽ.su/

• Rhymes: -ẽsu
• Hyphenation: ex‧ten‧so

Adjective

extenso (feminine extensa, masculine plural extensos, feminine plural extensas)

1. extensive

   Antonym: reduzido

Further reading

• “extenso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “extenso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “extenso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “extenso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “extenso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “extenso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extēnsus, perfect passive participle of extendō (“extend, stretch out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsˈtenso/ [eɣ̞sˈt̪ẽn.so]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -enso
• Syllabification: ex‧ten‧so

Adjective

extenso (feminine extensa, masculine plural extensos, feminine plural extensas)

1. extensive

   Synonym: extensivo

   Antonym: inextenso

Derived terms

• inextenso

Related terms

• extender
• extensión
• extensivo

Further reading

• “extenso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024