pender

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pender, from Latin pendēre, present active infinitive of pendeō, from Proto-Italic *pendēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽ.ˈdeɾ/
• Hyphenation: pen‧der

Verb

pender (first-person singular present indicative pendo, past participle pendido)

1. to hang, to dangle
2. to be pending

Etymology

From Old Spanish pender, from Latin pendēre, present active infinitive of pendeō, from Proto-Italic *pendēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”). The Old Spanish form was popularly inherited (evidenced by diphthongized conjugated forms such as piende and past participle pendudo), but the current form of some of its inflections may be the result of later learned modification.^[1].

Verb

pender (first-person singular present pendo, first-person singular preterite pendí, past participle pendido)

1. to hang, to dangle
2. to be pending, to be undecided

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