dipendere
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dēpendĕre, from Classical Latin dēpendēre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dipèndere (first-person singular present dipèndo, first-person singular past historic dipési, past participle dipéso, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [+ da (object)]
- 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.
- 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.
- to be under the authority of, to come under, to come under the control of, to be employed by
- (grammar) to depend (on)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of dipèndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)