Etymology

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Borrowed from French fendre, Italian fendere, Spanish hender, from Latin findere, present active infinitive of findō, from Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fendar (present tense fendas, past tense fendis, future tense fendos, imperative fendez, conditional fendus)

  1. (transitive) to split (lengthwise), slit, cleave, rive
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to rend (the heart)

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