extenderar

Extenderar is a Swedish verb form meaning to extend, enlarge, prolong, or broaden. The term is most often found in formal, technical, or written contexts and is a loanword from English to extend. In everyday Swedish, speakers more commonly use förlänga for increasing duration or utvidga for expanding scope, but extendera appears in business, IT, engineering, and academic writing to emphasize expansion or extension.

Etymology and usage

Extendera originates from the English word extend and has been adopted into Swedish usage, particularly in professional and technical language. It is used to describe actions that increase the extent, capacity, or duration of something, such as extending a deadline, expanding a contract period, or enlarging a product’s capabilities. The present tense form is extenderar, and the verb follows regular conjugation patterns for a loanword ending in -era in infinitive.

Conjugation and grammar

Extendera is a regular -a verb in its base form. Present tense: extenderar. Past tense: extenderade. Supine (the form used in perfect tenses): extenderat. Past participle: extenderat. Common constructions include verb with a direct object or a prepositional phrase, for example: “vi extenderar tidsramen” or “deadline kan extenderas till nästa månad.”

Usage notes

Extenderar tends to appear in formal registers, technical documentation, business strategies, and legal or policy texts. In colloquial Swedish, speakers often opt for synonyms such as förlänga (to prolong) or utvidga (to broaden). When communicating in everyday speech, extendera may sound slightly showy or overly formal.

Examples

Företaget planerar att extendera sin verksamhet till nya marknader. Projektets tidsram kan extenderas om finansiering beviljas. Programvaran extenderar funktionaliteten i nästa version.