# distender
## English
### Etymology

From distend +‎ -er.

### Noun

distender (plural distenders)
* One who, or that which, distends.
** 2005, Robert Barr, In the Midst of Alarms, page 28:Crinoline was fashionable, even in the country, in those days, and ribs of cane were used before the metallic distenders of dresses came in.

### Anagrams

* dendrites

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin distendere.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /d͡ʒiʃ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.tẽˈde(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒis.tẽˈde(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /diʃ.tẽˈdeɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /diʃ.tẽˈdeɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /diʃ.tẽˈde.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: dis‧ten‧der

### Verb

distender (first-person singular present distendo, first-person singular preterite distendi, past participle distendido)
* to stretch, to distend
* to pull (a muscle)

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distendere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /distenˈdeɾ/ [d̪is.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: dis‧ten‧der

### Verb

distender (first-person singular present distiendo, first-person singular preterite distendí, past participle distendido)
* (transitive) to stretch, to distend
* (reflexive) to ease, to relax
** 2017 August 17, “Presidente de Corea del Sur:”, in El Comercio‎:Sin embargo, la alarma mundial comenzó a distenderse el martes después de que el líder norcoreano Kim Jong-un se distanció del plan.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | distender | distender | distender | distender | distender |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | distendiendo | distendiendo | distendiendo | distendiendo | distendiendo |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | distendido | distendido | distendida | distendida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | distendidos | distendidos | distendidas | distendidas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | distiendo | distiendes$^{tú}$ distendés$^{vos}$ | distiende | distendemos | distendéis | distienden |
| indicative | imperfect | distendía | distendías | distendía | distendíamos | distendíais | distendían |
| indicative | preterite | distendí | distendiste | distendió | distendimos | distendisteis | distendieron |
| indicative | future | distenderé | distenderás | distenderá | distenderemos | distenderéis | distenderán |
| indicative | conditional | distendería | distenderías | distendería | distenderíamos | distenderíais | distenderían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | distienda | distiendas$^{tú}$ distendás$^{vos2}$ | distienda | distendamos | distendáis | distiendan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | distendiera | distendieras | distendiera | distendiéramos | distendierais | distendieran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | distendiese | distendieses | distendiese | distendiésemos | distendieseis | distendiesen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | distendiere | distendieres | distendiere | distendiéremos | distendiereis | distendieren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | distiende$^{tú}$ distendé$^{vos}$ | distienda | distendamos | distended | distiendan |
| imperative | negative | | no distiendas | no distienda | no distendamos | no distendáis | no distiendan |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “distender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014