# tensionar
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tẽ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /tẽ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sjoˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /tẽ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /tẽ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sjoˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /tẽ.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [tẽ.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /tẽ.sjoˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /tẽ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /tẽ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sjoˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /tẽ.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [tẽ.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /tẽ.sjoˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tẽ.sjuˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tẽ.sjuˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tẽ.sjuˈna.ɾi/
* Homophone: tencionar

### Verb

tensionar (first-person singular present tensiono, first-person singular preterite tensionei, past participle tensionado)
* to tense (to make or become tense)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* tensão

## Spanish
### Etymology

From tensión +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tensjoˈnaɾ/ [t̪ẽn.sjoˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ten‧sio‧nar

### Verb

tensionar (first-person singular present tensiono, first-person singular preterite tensioné, past participle tensionado)
* (transitive) to tense (to make or become tense)
    Synonym: tensar

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | tensionar | tensionar | tensionar | tensionar | tensionar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | tensionando | tensionando | tensionando | tensionando | tensionando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | tensionado | tensionado | tensionada | tensionada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | tensionados | tensionados | tensionadas | tensionadas |
| | | 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 | tensiono | tensionas$^{tú}$ tensionás$^{vos}$ | tensiona | tensionamos | tensionáis | tensionan |
| indicative | imperfect | tensionaba | tensionabas | tensionaba | tensionábamos | tensionabais | tensionaban |
| indicative | preterite | tensioné | tensionaste | tensionó | tensionamos | tensionasteis | tensionaron |
| indicative | future | tensionaré | tensionarás | tensionará | tensionaremos | tensionaréis | tensionarán |
| indicative | conditional | tensionaría | tensionarías | tensionaría | tensionaríamos | tensionaríais | tensionarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | tensione | tensiones$^{tú}$ tensionés$^{vos2}$ | tensione | tensionemos | tensionéis | tensionen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | tensionara | tensionaras | tensionara | tensionáramos | tensionarais | tensionaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | tensionase | tensionases | tensionase | tensionásemos | tensionaseis | tensionasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | tensionare | tensionares | tensionare | tensionáremos | tensionareis | tensionaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | tensiona$^{tú}$ tensioná$^{vos}$ | tensione | tensionemos | tensionad | tensionen |
| imperative | negative | | no tensiones | no tensione | no tensionemos | no tensionéis | no tensionen |
$^1$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

* “tensionar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28