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depinde
to depend, it depends /de.ˈpin.de/
verb#1082 most common
Also: to hinge on, to rest on, to be contingent on
Example sentences
Depinde.
It depends.
Depinde de tine.
It depends on you.
Depinde de vreme dacă ieșim la plimbare.
It depends on the weather whether we go for a walk.
Eu depind de salariul meu ca să-mi plătesc chiria.
I depend on my salary to pay my rent.
Succesul proiectului depinde de colaborarea dintre echipe.
The project's success depends on collaboration between teams.
Gradul de independență economică a unei țări depinde în mare măsură de resursele naturale pe care le deține.
A country's degree of economic independence depends largely on the natural resources it holds.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | depind | depinsei | voi depinde |
| 2sg | depinzi | depinseși | vei depinde |
| 3sg | depinde | depinse | va depinde |
| 1pl | depindem | depinserăm | vom depinde |
| 2pl | depindeți | depinserăți | veți depinde |
| 3pl | depind | depinseră | vor depinde |
Word family
dependentdependent
dependențădependence, addiction
independentindependentindependențăindependence
interdependențăinterdependence
Etymology
Depinde comes from the Romanian verb a depinde, borrowed from French dépendre during the nineteenth century, when Romanian absorbed large amounts of French and Latin vocabulary. The French verb traces back to Latin dependere, built from de- (down, from) and pendere (to hang, to weigh). The core image is of something hanging from something else, which gave rise to the abstract sense of one thing being conditioned by another.
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