pendere.
to droop
Meaning & usage
to droop
to hang
una minaccia pende su di noi
to lean, to incline, to slope, to tilt
il terreno pende leggermente a sinistra
to lean (incline in opinion or desire)
pendo verso il no
pendere dalla parte di John
to approach or tend
un rosso che pende al rosa
to be ongoing or pending (of a lawsuit, criminal case, etc.)
la vertenza pende da più di un anno
to depend
Where this word comes from
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”).
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