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"to depend (on)" in seven languages

Meaningto depend (on)

Spanish

depender

/depenˈdeɾ/

learned

Takes de: depende de ti.

French

dépendre

/depɑ̃dʁ/

learned

Takes de: ça dépend de toi.

Italian

dipendere

/diˈpɛndere/

learned

Takes da: dipende da te.

Portuguese

depender

/depẽˈdeh/

learned

Takes de: depende de você.

Romanian

depinde

/deˈpinde/

borrowed · French dépendre

Refitted to Romanian shape, en → in, as in tinde.

Catalan

dependre

/dəˈpɛndɾə/

learned

The everyday shrug is depèn.

English

depend

/dɪˈpɛnd/

from Latin/French · Old French dependre / Latin DĒPENDĒRE

English → Italianto depend (on)dipendereCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

DĒPENDĒRE‘to hang down from’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

To depend is literally 'to hang from'. The everyday shrug works word for word: it depends, depende, ça dépend, dipende.

English relatives: pendant, pendulum, suspend, independent

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In a sentence

  • esDepende del tiempo.
  • frÇa dépend du temps.
  • itDipende dal tempo.
  • ptDepende do tempo.
  • roDepinde de vreme.
  • caDepèn del temps.
  • enIt depends on the weather.

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