dipendere

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dēpendĕre (conjugation confused with or altered by dēpendere (bestow, expend, pay)) for Latin dēpendēre (to hang down from; to be dependent on).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈpɛn.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndere
  • Hyphenation: di‧pèn‧de‧re

Verb

dipèndere (first-person singular present dipèndo, first-person singular past historic dipési, past participle dipéso, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [+ da (object)]

  1. to depend (on something), to be up to (someone), to hang (on), to come from, to be due to
    • Dipende da te decidere quante informazioni vuoi condividere con chi legge il tuo blog.
      It's up to you to decide just how much information you want to share with the people reading your blog.
    • Quanta acqua si dovrebbe bere? Dipende.
      How much water should you drink? It depends.
  2. to be dependent on, to depend on, to rely on
    • Gli studenti dipendono sempre più dai loro genitori.
      Students are increasingly dependent on their parents.
  3. to be under the authority of, to come under, to come under the control of, to be employed by
  4. (grammar) to depend (on)

Conjugation

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