suspender

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English

Etymology

From suspend +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

suspender (plural suspenders)

  1. Something or someone who suspends.
  2. (US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers.
    Synonym: (outside US) braces
  3. (British) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.

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Verb

suspender

  1. imperative of suspendere

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: sus‧pen‧der

Verb

suspender (first-person singular present suspendo, first-person singular preterite suspendi, past participle suspendido, short past participle suspenso)

  1. (transitive) to suspend; to hang
    Synonym: pendurar
  2. (transitive) to suspend (to halt something temporarily)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspender (irregular short past participle) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal suspender
Personal suspender suspenderes suspender suspendermos suspenderdes suspenderem
Gerund
suspendendo
Short past participle
Masculine suspenso1 suspensos1
Feminine suspensa1 suspensas1
Long past participle
Masculine suspendido2 suspendidos2
Feminine suspendida2 suspendidas2
Indicative
Present suspendo suspendes suspende suspendemos suspendeis suspendem
Imperfect suspendia suspendias suspendia suspendíamos suspendíeis suspendiam
Preterite suspendi suspendeste suspendeu suspendemos suspendestes suspenderam
Pluperfect suspendera suspenderas suspendera suspendêramos suspendêreis suspenderam
Future suspenderei suspenderás suspenderá suspenderemos suspendereis suspenderão
Conditional suspenderia suspenderias suspenderia suspenderíamos suspenderíeis suspenderiam
Subjunctive
Present suspenda suspendas suspenda suspendamos suspendais suspendam
Imperfect suspendesse suspendesses suspendesse suspendêssemos suspendêsseis suspendessem
Future suspender suspenderes suspender suspendermos suspenderdes suspenderem
Imperative
Affirmative suspende suspenda suspendamos suspendei suspendam
Negative (não) não suspendas não suspenda não suspendamos não suspendais não suspendam

1Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
2Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suspenˈdeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: sus‧pen‧der

Verb

suspender (first-person singular present suspendo, first-person singular preterite suspendí, past participle suspendido)

  1. to suspend
  2. to flunk, to fail to pass an exam or class

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive suspender
gerund suspendiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular suspendido suspendida
plural suspendidos suspendidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present suspendo suspendestú
suspendésvos 		suspende suspendemos suspendéis suspenden
imperfect suspendía suspendías suspendía suspendíamos suspendíais suspendían
preterite suspendí suspendiste suspendió suspendimos suspendisteis suspendieron
future suspenderé suspenderás suspenderá suspenderemos suspenderéis suspenderán
conditional suspendería suspenderías suspendería suspenderíamos suspenderíais suspenderían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present suspenda suspendastú
suspendásvos2 		suspenda suspendamos suspendáis suspendan
imperfect
(ra) 		suspendiera suspendieras suspendiera suspendiéramos suspendierais suspendieran
imperfect
(se) 		suspendiese suspendieses suspendiese suspendiésemos suspendieseis suspendiesen
future1 suspendiere suspendieres suspendiere suspendiéremos suspendiereis suspendieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative suspendetú
suspendévos 		suspenda suspendamos suspended suspendan
negative no suspendas no suspenda no suspendamos no suspendáis no suspendan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of suspender

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive suspender
dative suspenderme suspenderte suspenderle, suspenderse suspendernos suspenderos suspenderles, suspenderse
accusative suspenderme suspenderte suspenderlo, suspenderla, suspenderse suspendernos suspenderos suspenderlos, suspenderlas, suspenderse
with gerund suspendiendo
dative suspendiéndome suspendiéndote suspendiéndole, suspendiéndose suspendiéndonos suspendiéndoos suspendiéndoles, suspendiéndose
accusative suspendiéndome suspendiéndote suspendiéndolo, suspendiéndola, suspendiéndose suspendiéndonos suspendiéndoos suspendiéndolos, suspendiéndolas, suspendiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative suspende
dative suspéndeme suspéndete suspéndele suspéndenos not used suspéndeles
accusative suspéndeme suspéndete suspéndelo, suspéndela suspéndenos not used suspéndelos, suspéndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative suspendé
dative suspendeme suspendete suspendele suspendenos not used suspendeles
accusative suspendeme suspendete suspendelo, suspendela suspendenos not used suspendelos, suspendelas
with formal second-person singular imperative suspenda
dative suspéndame not used suspéndale, suspéndase suspéndanos not used suspéndales
accusative suspéndame not used suspéndalo, suspéndala, suspéndase suspéndanos not used suspéndalos, suspéndalas
with first-person plural imperative suspendamos
dative not used suspendámoste suspendámosle suspendámonos suspendámoos suspendámosles
accusative not used suspendámoste suspendámoslo, suspendámosla suspendámonos suspendámoos suspendámoslos, suspendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative suspended
dative suspendedme not used suspendedle suspendednos suspendeos suspendedles
accusative suspendedme not used suspendedlo, suspendedla suspendednos suspendeos suspendedlos, suspendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative suspendan
dative suspéndanme not used suspéndanle suspéndannos not used suspéndanles, suspéndanse
accusative suspéndanme not used suspéndanlo, suspéndanla suspéndannos not used suspéndanlos, suspéndanlas, suspéndanse

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