pendere

See also: penderé

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin pendĕre (conjugation confused with or altered by pendere (“to suspend, hang”)) for Latin pendēre (“to hang down, to be suspended”), from Proto-Italic *pendēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.de.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛndere
• Hyphenation: pèn‧de‧re

Verb

pèndere (first-person singular present pèndo, first-person singular past historic pendétti or (traditional) pendètti, past participle (rare) pendùto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

1. to droop [with da ‘from’]
2. to hang [with su ‘over one's head’]

   una minaccia pende su di noi

   a threat hangs over our heads

3. to lean, to incline, to slope, to tilt [with da una parte ‘to one side’ or a ‘to’ or verso ‘towards’]

   il terreno pende leggermente a sinistra

   the ground slopes slightly to the left

4. (figurative, by extension) to lean (incline in opinion or desire) [with dalla parte di ‘in favor of’ or a ‘to’ or verso ‘towards’]

   pendo verso il no ― I'm leaning towards no

   pendere dalla parte di John ― to lean in favor of John

5. to approach or tend [with a ‘towards a quality’]

   un rosso che pende al rosa

   a red that tends towards a pink

6. (law) to be ongoing or pending (of a lawsuit, criminal case, etc.)

   la vertenza pende da più di un anno

   the lawsuit has been ongoing for over a year

7. (literary) to depend [with da ‘on’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pèndere (root-stressed -ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	pèndere
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		pendèndo
present participle		pendènte	past participle		pendùto2
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	pèndo	pèndi	pènde	pendiàmo	pendéte	pèndono
imperfect	pendévo	pendévi	pendéva	pendevàmo	pendevàte	pendévano
past historic	pendétti, pendètti1	pendésti	pendétte, pendètte1	pendémmo	pendéste	pendéttero, pendèttero1
future	penderò	penderài	penderà	penderémo	penderéte	penderànno
conditional	penderèi	penderésti	penderèbbe, penderébbe	penderémmo	penderéste	penderèbbero, penderébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	pènda	pènda	pènda	pendiàmo	pendiàte	pèndano
imperfect	pendéssi	pendéssi	pendésse	pendéssimo	pendéste	pendéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		pèndi	pènda	pendiàmo	pendéte	pèndano
negative imperative		non pèndere	non pènda	non pendiàmo	non pendéte	non pèndano

¹Traditional.
²Rare.

Related terms

• appendere
• pendaglio
• pendente
• pendenza
• pendio
• pendolare
• pendolo

Latin

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• pendere: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpen.de.re/, [ˈpɛn̪d̪ɛrɛ]
• pendere: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpen.de.re/, [ˈpɛn̪d̪ere]
• pendēre: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /penˈdeː.re/, [pɛn̪ˈd̪eːrɛ]
• pendēre: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /penˈde.re/, [pen̪ˈd̪ɛːre]

Verb

pendere

1. inflection of pendō (“to weigh out, to pay, to pay out”):
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Verb

pendēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of pendō

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /penˈdeː.re/, [pɛn̪ˈd̪eːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /penˈde.re/, [pen̪ˈd̪ɛːre]

Verb

pendēre

1. present active infinitive of pendeō (“to hang down, to depend”)