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impender.

to be impending, imminent, about to happen

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ĩ.pẽˈde(ʁ)/Brazil[ĩ.pẽˈde(h)]Brazil/ĩ.pẽˈde(ɾ)/São-Paulo/ĩ.pẽˈde(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to be impending, imminent, about to happen

    intransitive · third-person
  2. to be up to, to fall under the responsibility of (someone)

    intransitive · third-person
  3. to require (someone's) action or attention

    third-person · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin impenderelbor. Portuguese impender Learned borrowing from Latin impendere.

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