tensão

Meaning

1. (feminine) tenseness (the characteristic of being tense)
2. (feminine) tension (psychological state of being tense)
3. (feminine) tension (state of an elastic object which is stretched in a way which increases its length)
4. (feminine) stress (the internal distribution of force per unit area)
5. (feminine) tension; voltage
6. (feminine) a situation where conflict between social groups is imminent
7. (feminine) tenseness (a particular vowel or consonant quality)
8. (Provençal, feminine) tenson (debate between two interlocutors)

Concepts

tension

stress

strain

voltage

tautness

tenseness

tensity

tone

nervous strain

mental strain

excessive demand

nerves

nervousness

overextension

overload

overtaxing

Opposite of

frouxidão

Synonyms

nervosismo

stress

sobrecarga

voltagem

vida agitada

tono

tensão mecânica

fadiga

trabalho excessivo

pressão

Translations

tension

tensión

Spannung

tensione

tensió

spanning

tension électrique

ένταση

توتُّر

voltaggio

stress

pression

جُهْد

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: tensiō

In summary

Borrowed from Latin tēnsiōnem (“stretching; tension”), from tendō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Doublet of the inherited tesão.