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flexionando

Flexionando is the gerund form of the Portuguese verb flexionar, meaning the action of flexing or bending. In Portuguese, flexionar commonly refers to bending a joint or, in a broader sense, to altering the shape or position of something. The term can also appear in discussions of inflection, where flexion denotes changes in word forms to express grammatical categories. The word is built from the Latin root flex-, “bend,” with the Portuguese gerund suffix -ando.

In biomechanics and medicine, flexionando describes a movement that decreases the angle between body parts at

In linguistics and grammar, flexão refers to the inflection of words to reflect grammatical categories such

See also

- Flexão (linguistics)

- Conjugação

- Inflection (grammar)

a
joint.
Examples
include
flexionando
o
joelho
(bending
the
knee)
or
flexionando
o
cotovelo
(bending
the
elbow).
These
usages
are
routine
in
clinical
notes,
sports
training,
and
anatomy
texts
to
specify
ongoing
actions.
as
tense,
number,
mood,
or
person.
The
gerund
form
flexionando
can
be
used
in
descriptive
discourse
to
indicate
that
the
process
of
inflecting
or
adapting
a
form
is
currently
taking
place,
though
more
common
wording
would
use
flexão,
conjugação,
or
a
passive
construction
like
está
sendo
flexionado.
The
relationship
between
the
terms
highlights
how
flexion
covers
both
physical
bending
and
morphological
modification
in
language.