distendo

Italian

Verb

distendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of distendere

Latin

Etymology

From dis- (assunder, apart, utterly) +‎ tendō (stretch).

Pronunciation

Verb

distendō (present infinitive distendere, perfect active distendī, supine distentum); third conjugation

  1. to stretch out, extend
    Synonyms: extendō, porrigō, prōlongō, prōtrahō, trahō, prōferō, explicō, pandō
  2. to swell or distend (asunder) or pulled apart
  3. to distract

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: distendre
  • English: distend
  • French: distendre
  • Galician: distender
  • Italian: distendere
  • Portuguese: distender
  • Sicilian: distènniri
  • Spanish: distender

References

  • distendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • distendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • distendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

distendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of distender