depender
English
Etymology
depend + -er (agent noun suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈpɛndə(ɹ)/, /də-/, /di-/
- Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Noun
depender (plural dependers)
- (programming) An agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in agent-oriented programming)
- Synonyms: dependent, dependant
- Antonym: dependee
Usage notes
Technical term, not widely used in software engineering outside of agent-oriented programming; the common term dependent is used instead. In agent-oriented programming, the antonym is dependee, though there is no common language equivalent (other metaphors are used instead, such as parent/child). Further, the circumlocutions “A depends on B” and “B is depended on by A” are used for clarity.
Related terms
- dependency
- dependum
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēpendēre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.pẽˈde(ʁ)/ [de.pẽˈde(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.pẽˈde(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.pẽˈde(ʁ)/ [de.pẽˈde(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.pẽˈde(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.pẽˈdeɾ/
Verb
depender (first-person singular present dependo, first-person singular preterite dependi, past participle dependido)
- to depend (on)
Conjugation
Conjugation of depender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | depender | |||||
| Personal | depender | dependeres | depender | dependermos | dependerdes | dependerem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| dependendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | dependido | dependidos | ||||
| Feminine | dependida | dependidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | dependo | dependes | depende | dependemos | dependeis | dependem |
| Imperfect | dependia | dependias | dependia | dependíamos | dependíeis | dependiam |
| Preterite | dependi | dependeste | dependeu | dependemos | dependestes | dependeram |
| Pluperfect | dependera | dependeras | dependera | dependêramos | dependêreis | dependeram |
| Future | dependerei | dependerás | dependerá | dependeremos | dependereis | dependerão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| dependeria | dependerias | dependeria | dependeríamos | dependeríeis | dependeriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | dependa | dependas | dependa | dependamos | dependais | dependam |
| Imperfect | dependesse | dependesses | dependesse | dependêssemos | dependêsseis | dependessem |
| Future | depender | dependeres | depender | dependermos | dependerdes | dependerem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | depende | dependa | dependamos | dependei | dependam | |
| Negative (não) | não dependas | não dependa | não dependamos | não dependais | não dependam | |
Related terms
- pender
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dēpendēre, present active infinitive of dēpendeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /depenˈdeɾ/ [d̪e.pẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: de‧pen‧der
Verb
depender (first-person singular present dependo, first-person singular preterite dependí, past participle dependido)
- to depend, to be subject to
- to depend on, to rely on, to hinge on, to depend upon, to rely upon (+ de)
- to be up to (+ de)
- No me mires así. No depende de mí.
- Don't look at me like that. It isn't up to me.
Conjugation
Conjugation of depender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | depender | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | dependiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | dependido | dependida | |||||
| plural | dependidos | dependidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | dependo | dependestú dependésvos | depende | dependemos | dependéis | dependen | |
| imperfect | dependía | dependías | dependía | dependíamos | dependíais | dependían | |
| preterite | dependí | dependiste | dependió | dependimos | dependisteis | dependieron | |
| future | dependeré | dependerás | dependerá | dependeremos | dependeréis | dependerán | |
| conditional | dependería | dependerías | dependería | dependeríamos | dependeríais | dependerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | dependa | dependastú dependásvos2 | dependa | dependamos | dependáis | dependan | |
| imperfect (ra) | dependiera | dependieras | dependiera | dependiéramos | dependierais | dependieran | |
| imperfect (se) | dependiese | dependieses | dependiese | dependiésemos | dependieseis | dependiesen | |
| future1 | dependiere | dependieres | dependiere | dependiéremos | dependiereis | dependieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | dependetú dependévos | dependa | dependamos | depended | dependan | ||
| negative | no dependas | no dependa | no dependamos | no dependáis | no dependan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of depender
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive depender | |||||||
| dative | dependerme | dependerte | dependerle, dependerse | dependernos | dependeros | dependerles, dependerse | |
| accusative | dependerme | dependerte | dependerlo, dependerla, dependerse | dependernos | dependeros | dependerlos, dependerlas, dependerse | |
| with gerund dependiendo | |||||||
| dative | dependiéndome | dependiéndote | dependiéndole, dependiéndose | dependiéndonos | dependiéndoos | dependiéndoles, dependiéndose | |
| accusative | dependiéndome | dependiéndote | dependiéndolo, dependiéndola, dependiéndose | dependiéndonos | dependiéndoos | dependiéndolos, dependiéndolas, dependiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative depende | |||||||
| dative | depéndeme | depéndete | depéndele | depéndenos | not used | depéndeles | |
| accusative | depéndeme | depéndete | depéndelo, depéndela | depéndenos | not used | depéndelos, depéndelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative dependé | |||||||
| dative | dependeme | dependete | dependele | dependenos | not used | dependeles | |
| accusative | dependeme | dependete | dependelo, dependela | dependenos | not used | dependelos, dependelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative dependa | |||||||
| dative | depéndame | not used | depéndale, depéndase | depéndanos | not used | depéndales | |
| accusative | depéndame | not used | depéndalo, depéndala, depéndase | depéndanos | not used | depéndalos, depéndalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative dependamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | dependámoste | dependámosle | dependámonos | dependámoos | dependámosles | |
| accusative | not used | dependámoste | dependámoslo, dependámosla | dependámonos | dependámoos | dependámoslos, dependámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative depended | |||||||
| dative | dependedme | not used | dependedle | dependednos | dependeos | dependedles | |
| accusative | dependedme | not used | dependedlo, dependedla | dependednos | dependeos | dependedlos, dependedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative dependan | |||||||
| dative | depéndanme | not used | depéndanle | depéndannos | not used | depéndanles, depéndanse | |
| accusative | depéndanme | not used | depéndanlo, depéndanla | depéndannos | not used | depéndanlos, depéndanlas, depéndanse | |
Derived terms
- dependiente
Related terms
- dependencia
- pender
Further reading
- “depender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014