pendere

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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

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
  2. to hang
    una minaccia pende su di noi
    a threat hangs over our heads
  3. (transitive with da or verso or a) to lean, incline, slope, or tilt (from/towards/to)
    il terreno pende leggermente a sinistra
    the ground slopes slightly to the left
  4. (figurative, by extension) (transitive with da or verso or a) to lean (incline in opinion or desire) (from/towards/to)
    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
    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

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 io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present 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

Latin

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

pendēre

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