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pendere.

to droop

7 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpɛn.de.re/
  1. to droop

    intransitive
  2. to hang

    intransitive
    una minaccia pende su di noi
  3. to lean, to incline, to slope, to tilt

    intransitive
    il terreno pende leggermente a sinistra
  4. to lean (incline in opinion or desire)

    broadly · figuratively · intransitive
    pendo verso il no
    pendere dalla parte di John
  5. to approach or tend

    intransitive
    un rosso che pende al rosa
  6. to be ongoing or pending (of a lawsuit, criminal case, etc.)

    intransitive
    la vertenza pende da più di un anno
  7. to depend

    intransitive · literary
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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