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

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin impendere.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /impenˈdeɾ/ [ĩm.pẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
      • Rhymes: -eɾ
      • Syllabification: im‧pen‧der

      Verb

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

      1. to spend or expend

      Conjugation

      Derived terms

      • impendiente

      Further reading