suspender
English
Etymology
From suspend + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /səˈspɛndɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈspɛndə/
- Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Noun
suspender (plural suspenders)
- Something or someone who suspends.
- (US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers.
- Synonym: (outside US) braces
- (Britain) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.
Translations
|
|
|
Further reading
Suspenders on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- prudeness, resuspend, speedruns, unpressed
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
suspender
- imperative of suspendere
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suspendere.
Verb
suspender (first-person singular present suspendo, first-person singular preterite suspendi, past participle suspendido, short past participle suspenso)
- (transitive) to suspend; to hang
- Synonym: pendurar
- (transitive) to suspend (to halt something temporarily)
- inflection of suspender:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
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 | suspender | |||||
Personal | suspender | suspenderes | suspender | suspendermos | suspenderdes | suspenderem |
Gerund | ||||||
suspendendo | ||||||
Short past participle | ||||||
Masculine | suspenso1 | suspensos1 | ||||
Feminine | suspensa1 | suspensas1 | ||||
Long past participle | ||||||
Masculine | suspendido2 | suspendidos2 | ||||
Feminine | suspendida2 | suspendidas2 | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | suspendo | suspendes | suspende | suspendemos | suspendeis | suspendem |
Imperfect | suspendia | suspendias | suspendia | suspendíamos | suspendíeis | suspendiam |
Preterite | suspendi | suspendeste | suspendeu | suspendemos | suspendestes | suspenderam |
Pluperfect | suspendera | suspenderas | suspendera | suspendêramos | suspendêreis | suspenderam |
Future | suspenderei | suspenderás | suspenderá | suspenderemos | suspendereis | suspenderão |
Conditional | ||||||
suspenderia | suspenderias | suspenderia | suspenderíamos | suspenderíeis | suspenderiam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | suspenda | suspendas | suspenda | suspendamos | suspendais | suspendam |
Imperfect | suspendesse | suspendesses | suspendesse | suspendêssemos | suspendêsseis | suspendessem |
Future | suspender | suspenderes | suspender | suspendermos | suspenderdes | suspenderem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | suspende | suspenda | suspendamos | suspendei | suspendam | |
Negative (não) | não suspendas | não suspenda | não suspendamos | não suspendais | não suspendam |
1Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
2Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.
Related terms
- suspensão
- suspenso
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suspendere, present active infinitive of suspendō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suspenˈdeɾ/ [sus.pẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: sus‧pen‧der
Verb
suspender (first-person singular present suspendo, first-person singular preterite suspendí, past participle suspendido)
- to suspend
- to flunk, to fail to pass an exam or class
Conjugation
infinitive | suspender | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | suspendiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | suspendido | suspendida | |||||
plural | suspendidos | suspendidas | |||||
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 | suspendo | suspendestú suspendésvos | suspende | suspendemos | suspendéis | suspenden | |
imperfect | suspendía | suspendías | suspendía | suspendíamos | suspendíais | suspendían | |
preterite | suspendí | suspendiste | suspendió | suspendimos | suspendisteis | suspendieron | |
future | suspenderé | suspenderás | suspenderá | suspenderemos | suspenderéis | suspenderán | |
conditional | suspendería | suspenderías | suspendería | suspenderíamos | suspenderíais | suspenderían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | suspenda | suspendastú suspendásvos2 | suspenda | suspendamos | suspendáis | suspendan | |
imperfect (ra) | suspendiera | suspendieras | suspendiera | suspendiéramos | suspendierais | suspendieran | |
imperfect (se) | suspendiese | suspendieses | suspendiese | suspendiésemos | suspendieseis | suspendiesen | |
future1 | suspendiere | suspendieres | suspendiere | suspendiéremos | suspendiereis | suspendieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | suspendetú suspendévos | suspenda | suspendamos | suspended | suspendan | ||
negative | no suspendas | no suspenda | no suspendamos | no suspendáis | no suspendan |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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 suspender | |||||||
dative | suspenderme | suspenderte | suspenderle, suspenderse | suspendernos | suspenderos | suspenderles, suspenderse | |
accusative | suspenderme | suspenderte | suspenderlo, suspenderla, suspenderse | suspendernos | suspenderos | suspenderlos, suspenderlas, suspenderse | |
with gerund suspendiendo | |||||||
dative | suspendiéndome | suspendiéndote | suspendiéndole, suspendiéndose | suspendiéndonos | suspendiéndoos | suspendiéndoles, suspendiéndose | |
accusative | suspendiéndome | suspendiéndote | suspendiéndolo, suspendiéndola, suspendiéndose | suspendiéndonos | suspendiéndoos | suspendiéndolos, suspendiéndolas, suspendiéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative suspende | |||||||
dative | suspéndeme | suspéndete | suspéndele | suspéndenos | not used | suspéndeles | |
accusative | suspéndeme | suspéndete | suspéndelo, suspéndela | suspéndenos | not used | suspéndelos, suspéndelas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative suspendé | |||||||
dative | suspendeme | suspendete | suspendele | suspendenos | not used | suspendeles | |
accusative | suspendeme | suspendete | suspendelo, suspendela | suspendenos | not used | suspendelos, suspendelas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative suspenda | |||||||
dative | suspéndame | not used | suspéndale, suspéndase | suspéndanos | not used | suspéndales | |
accusative | suspéndame | not used | suspéndalo, suspéndala, suspéndase | suspéndanos | not used | suspéndalos, suspéndalas | |
with first-person plural imperative suspendamos | |||||||
dative | not used | suspendámoste | suspendámosle | suspendámonos | suspendámoos | suspendámosles | |
accusative | not used | suspendámoste | suspendámoslo, suspendámosla | suspendámonos | suspendámoos | suspendámoslos, suspendámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative suspended | |||||||
dative | suspendedme | not used | suspendedle | suspendednos | suspendeos | suspendedles | |
accusative | suspendedme | not used | suspendedlo, suspendedla | suspendednos | suspendeos | suspendedlos, suspendedlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative suspendan | |||||||
dative | suspéndanme | not used | suspéndanle | suspéndannos | not used | suspéndanles, suspéndanse | |
accusative | suspéndanme | not used | suspéndanlo, suspéndanla | suspéndannos | not used | suspéndanlos, suspéndanlas, suspéndanse |
Related terms
- suspensión
- suspensor
See also
- colgar
Further reading
- “suspender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014