propendere

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See also: propenderé

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōpendēre, with change of accent.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

propèndere (first-person singular present propèndo, first-person singular past historic propendétti or (traditional) propendètti, past participle (rare) propéso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to be inclined, to lean, to tend

Conjugation

Including lesser-used forms:

Further reading

  • propendere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

prōpendēre

  1. inflection of prōpendeō:
    1. third-person plural perfect active indicative
    2. present active infinitive