tensionar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /tẽ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sjoˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /tẽ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sjoˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tẽ.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [tẽ.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /tẽ.sjoˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tẽ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /tẽ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [tẽ.sjoˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽ.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [tẽ.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /tẽ.sjoˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.sjuˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.sjuˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽ.sjuˈna.ɾi/

• Homophone: tencionar

Verb

tensionar (first-person singular present tensiono, first-person singular preterite tensionei, past participle tensionado)

1. to tense (to make or become tense)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tensionar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tensionar
Personal	tensionar	tensionares	tensionar	tensionarmos	tensionardes	tensionarem
Gerund
	tensionando
Past participle
Masculine	tensionado			tensionados
Feminine	tensionada			tensionadas
Indicative
Present	tensiono	tensionas	tensiona	tensionamos	tensionais	tensionam
Imperfect	tensionava	tensionavas	tensionava	tensionávamos	tensionáveis	tensionavam
Preterite	tensionei	tensionaste	tensionou	tensionamos1, tensionámos2	tensionastes	tensionaram
Pluperfect	tensionara	tensionaras	tensionara	tensionáramos	tensionáreis	tensionaram
Future	tensionarei	tensionarás	tensionará	tensionaremos	tensionareis	tensionarão
Conditional	tensionaria	tensionarias	tensionaria	tensionaríamos	tensionaríeis	tensionariam
Subjunctive
Present	tensione	tensiones	tensione	tensionemos	tensioneis	tensionem
Imperfect	tensionasse	tensionasses	tensionasse	tensionássemos	tensionásseis	tensionassem
Future	tensionar	tensionares	tensionar	tensionarmos	tensionardes	tensionarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tensiona	tensione	tensionemos	tensionai	tensionem
Negative (não)		não tensiones	não tensione	não tensionemos	não tensioneis	não tensionem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• tensão

Spanish

Etymology

From tensión +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tensjoˈnaɾ/ [t̪ẽn.sjoˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ten‧sio‧nar

Verb

tensionar (first-person singular present tensiono, first-person singular preterite tensioné, past participle tensionado)

1. (transitive) to tense (to make or become tense)

   Synonym: tensar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tensionar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tensionar
gerund			tensionando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tensionado		tensionada
		plural		tensionados		tensionadas
		singular			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
	present	tensiono	tensionastú tensionásvos	tensiona	tensionamos	tensionáis	tensionan
	imperfect	tensionaba	tensionabas	tensionaba	tensionábamos	tensionabais	tensionaban
	preterite	tensioné	tensionaste	tensionó	tensionamos	tensionasteis	tensionaron
	future	tensionaré	tensionarás	tensionará	tensionaremos	tensionaréis	tensionarán
	conditional	tensionaría	tensionarías	tensionaría	tensionaríamos	tensionaríais	tensionarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tensione	tensionestú tensionésvos2	tensione	tensionemos	tensionéis	tensionen
	imperfect (ra)	tensionara	tensionaras	tensionara	tensionáramos	tensionarais	tensionaran
	imperfect (se)	tensionase	tensionases	tensionase	tensionásemos	tensionaseis	tensionasen
	future1	tensionare	tensionares	tensionare	tensionáremos	tensionareis	tensionaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tensionatú tensionávos	tensione	tensionemos	tensionad	tensionen
	negative		no tensiones	no tensione	no tensionemos	no tensionéis	no tensionen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of tensionar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tensionar	dative	tensionarme	tensionarte	tensionarle, tensionarse	tensionarnos	tensionaros	tensionarles, tensionarse
	accusative	tensionarme	tensionarte	tensionarlo, tensionarla, tensionarse	tensionarnos	tensionaros	tensionarlos, tensionarlas, tensionarse
with gerund tensionando	dative	tensionándome	tensionándote	tensionándole, tensionándose	tensionándonos	tensionándoos	tensionándoles, tensionándose
	accusative	tensionándome	tensionándote	tensionándolo, tensionándola, tensionándose	tensionándonos	tensionándoos	tensionándolos, tensionándolas, tensionándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tensiona	dative	tensióname	tensiónate	tensiónale	tensiónanos	not used	tensiónales
	accusative	tensióname	tensiónate	tensiónalo, tensiónala	tensiónanos	not used	tensiónalos, tensiónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tensioná	dative	tensioname	tensionate	tensionale	tensionanos	not used	tensionales
	accusative	tensioname	tensionate	tensionalo, tensionala	tensionanos	not used	tensionalos, tensionalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tensione	dative	tensióneme	not used	tensiónele, tensiónese	tensiónenos	not used	tensióneles
	accusative	tensióneme	not used	tensiónelo, tensiónela, tensiónese	tensiónenos	not used	tensiónelos, tensiónelas
with first-person plural imperative tensionemos	dative	not used	tensionémoste	tensionémosle	tensionémonos	tensionémoos	tensionémosles
	accusative	not used	tensionémoste	tensionémoslo, tensionémosla	tensionémonos	tensionémoos	tensionémoslos, tensionémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tensionad	dative	tensionadme	not used	tensionadle	tensionadnos	tensionaos	tensionadles
	accusative	tensionadme	not used	tensionadlo, tensionadla	tensionadnos	tensionaos	tensionadlos, tensionadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tensionen	dative	tensiónenme	not used	tensiónenle	tensiónennos	not used	tensiónenles, tensiónense
	accusative	tensiónenme	not used	tensiónenlo, tensiónenla	tensiónennos	not used	tensiónenlos, tensiónenlas, tensiónense

Further reading

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