impender
Portuguese, verb/ĩ.pẽˈde(ʁ)/
impender is spelled I-M-P-E-N-D-E-R (8 letters). Impender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be impending, imminent, about to happen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estar a ponto de cair ou sobrevir”.
What does impender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be impending, imminent, about to happen
- 2
to be up to, to fall under the responsibility of (someone)
- 3
to require (someone's) action or attention
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. estar a ponto de cair ou sobrevir 2. caber, competir, incumbir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of impender
- impende present singular third-person
- impendeu preterite singular third-person
- impendido participle past
- impenderem infinitive plural third-person
- impendendo gerund
- impendidos masculine participle past
- impendida feminine participle past
- impendidas feminine participle past
- impendem indicative plural present
- impendia imperfect indicative singular
- impendiam imperfect indicative plural
- impenderam indicative plural preterite
- impendera indicative pluperfect singular
- impenderá future indicative singular
- impenderão future indicative plural
- impenderia conditional singular third-person
- impenderiam conditional plural third-person
- impenda present singular subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impender?
- Brazil /ĩ.pẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ĩ.pẽˈde(h)]
- /ĩ.pẽˈde(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.