distender

v.

1 to ease.

2 to distend, to swell, to dilate, to swell up.

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distender

Conjugation model [ENTENDER], like {{link=entender}}entender

► verbo transitivo

1 (aflojar) to loosen

2 MEDICINA to strain, pull

3 figurado to ease

■ distender las relaciones entre países enemigos to ease the relations between enemy countries

► verbo pronominal distenderse

1 (aflojarse) to slacken

2 MEDICINA to be strained

3 figurado to ease

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1.

VT to distend, stretch

distender las relaciones entre ambos países — to ease o steady relations between the two countries

2.

See:

distenderse

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1.

verbo transitivo <cuerda/arco> to slacken; <relaciones/ambiente> to ease

2.

distenderse v pron

1) relaciones/ambiente to ease

2) vientre to become distended

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= defuse.

Ex. This article gives examples of how problem behaviour can be defused in a library.

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1.

verbo transitivo <cuerda/arco> to slacken; <relaciones/ambiente> to ease

2.

distenderse v pron

1) relaciones/ambiente to ease

2) vientre to become distended

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= defuse.

Ex: This article gives examples of how problem behaviour can be defused in a library.

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distender [E8 ]

vt

1 ‹cuerda/arco› to slacken

2 ‹relaciones/ambiente› to ease

■ distenderse

v pron

A «relaciones/ambiente» to ease

B «vientre» to become distended

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distender

♦ vt

1. [situación, relaciones] to ease;

[ambiente] to ease, to relax

2. [cuerda, arco] to slacken

3. Med [músculo, tendón, ligamento] to strain

♦ See also the pronominal verb distenderse

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distender

v/t

1 MED strain

2 fig : relaciones, ambiente ease

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distender {56} vt

: to distend, to stretch