pendurar
Meaning
- to hang (cause (something) to be suspended)
- (figuratively) to give up or retire from a profession (followed by the name of a piece of clothing associated with the profession)
- to put on one's tab (informal credit account in a bar or shop)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pen‧du‧rar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pẽ.duˈɾa(ʁ)/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pendurar, pendorar, from Medieval Latin pendulāre, from Latin pendulus (“hanging”), from pendeō (“to hang”).
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