impender

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impendere.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pẽˈde(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pẽˈde(h)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pẽˈdeɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pẽˈde.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: im‧pen‧der

Verb

impender (third-person only, third-person singular present impende, third-person singular preterite impendeu, past participle impendido)

  1. (intransitive) to be impending, imminent, about to happen
  2. (intransitive) to be up to, to fall under the responsibility of (someone)
    Synonyms: caber, competir, incumbir
  3. (transitive) to require (someone's) action or attention

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impendere.

Verb

impender (first-person singular present impendo, first-person singular preterite impendí, past participle impendido)

  1. to spend or expend

Conjugation

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