pendere

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to droop
2. (intransitive) to hang
3. (intransitive) to lean, to incline, to slope, to tilt
4. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) to lean (incline in opinion or desire)
5. (intransitive) to approach or tend
6. (intransitive) to be ongoing or pending (of a lawsuit, criminal case, etc.)
7. (intransitive, literary) to depend

Concepts

hang

slope

droop

depend

loll

lean

overhang

hang down

be suspended

incline

lapse

pitch

slant

be hanging

Synonyms

sovrastare

essere in pendenza

essere inclinato

essere sospeso

inclinare

appendere

stendersi

essere appeso

pènne

cadere

appendersi

digradare

sporgersi

essere imminente

impiccarsi

inclinarsi

Translations

pendre

hängen

pender

penjar

hangen

colgar

pender

pencher

asılmak

retomber

être suspendu

estar pendente

estar pendurado

penjar

Hyphenated as

pèn‧de‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛn.de.re/

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”).