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 or pendéi, past participle (rare) pendùto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

to droop [with da ‘from’]
to hang [with su ‘over one's head’]
una minaccia pende su di noi
a threat hangs over our heads
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
(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
to approach or tend [with a ‘towards a quality’]
un rosso che pende al rosa
a red that tends towards a pink
(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
(literary) to depend [with da ‘on’]

Conjugation

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

person	singular			plural
infinitive	pèndere
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		pendèndo
present participle		pendènte	past participle		pendùto²
person	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, pendéi	pendésti	pendétte, pendètte¹, pendé	pendémmo	pendéste	pendéttero, pendèttero¹, pendérono
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
imperative		pèndi	pènda	pendiàmo	pendéte	pèndano
negative imperative		non pèndere	non pènda	non pendiàmo	non pendéte	non pèndano

¹Traditional.
²Rare.

Related terms

Latin

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

pendere: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛn.dɛ.rɛ]
pendere: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛn̪.d̪e.re]
pendēre: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛnˈdeː.rɛ]
pendēre: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pen̪ˈd̪ɛː.re]

Verb

pendere

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

second-person singular future passive indicative of pendō

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛnˈdeː.rɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pen̪ˈd̪ɛː.re]

Verb

pendēre

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