Polyglot Dictionary

pender

/penˈdeɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
pendo
preterite (yo)
pendí
past participle
pendido

Meaning

  1. to hang

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

ahorcar

pender means to hang or dangle, intransitive, like an object hanging from a string; ahorcar means to hang someone, to execute by hanging, transitive and violent.

colgar

pender is more literary, intransitive, "to hang, dangle"; colgar is the everyday word "to hang," transitive or intransitive.

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