vender

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

vender (plural venders)

1. Alternative spelling of vendor
   • 1773, Stanfield Parkinson, preface to the Journal of his brother Sydney Parkinson's Endeavour voyage, page 18,

     Can it be supposed, that a man of Dr. Hawkes-worth’s discretion and abilities would enter into an engagement of this nature, and make a purchase of such moment, without enquiring into the title of the vender?

   • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, “Queen Pomaree”, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; , London: John Murray, , →OCLC, page 309:

     […] Tanee was accosted by certain good fellows, friends and boon companions, who condoled with him on his misfortunes—railed against the queen, and finally dragged him away to an illicit vender of spirits, in whose house the party got gloriously mellow.

Usage notes

Although vender is rare in modern English writing, The New Yorker still uses this spelling.

References

Anagrams

• Denver, Verden, nerved, revend

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vēndere, present active infinitive of vēndō (“sell”).

Verb

vender (first-person singular indicative present vendo, past participle vendíu)

1. to sell

   Antonym: comprar

Conjugation

Related terms

• venta

Danish

Verb

vender

1. present of vende

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vender, from Latin vēndere, present active infinitive of vēndō (“sell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

vender (first-person singular present vendo, first-person singular preterite vendín, past participle vendido)
vender (first-person singular present vendo, first-person singular preterite vendim or vendi, past participle vendido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to sell
2. (figurative) to betray, commit treason

Conjugation

Antonyms

• comprar

Related terms

• venda

References

• “vender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “vender” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “vender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “vender” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vender” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Verb

vender

1. to vend

Conjugation

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin Veneris diēs < diēs Veneris (“day of Venus”).

Noun

vender m (plural vendres)

1. Friday

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vender

1. present of vende

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vender

1. present of venda

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vender, from Latin vēndere (“to sell”).

Pronunciation

Verb

vender (first-person singular present vendo, first-person singular preterite vendi, past participle vendido)

1. (transitive) to sell

Conjugation

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vēndere (“to sell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈdeɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ven‧der

Verb

vender (first-person singular present vendo, first-person singular preterite vendí, past participle vendido)

1. (transitive) to sell

   Antonym: comprar

2. (reflexive) to sell for (a sum), to fetch

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “vender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014