# pendurar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* pandurar, porondar

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pendurar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from Vulgar Latin pendulare from Latin pendulus (“hanging”); or rather from pendura, from Latin *penditūra, both from pendeō (“I hang”). Cognate with Portuguese pendurar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /penduˈɾaɾ/

### Verb

pendurar (first-person singular present penduro, first-person singular preterite pendurei, past participle pendurado)
* to hang, dangle
** 1435, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 31:
    seys cartas escriptas en purgamedeo de coyro, seelladas de seellos pendentes de plumo, pendurados por syrgosix charters, written in parchment, sealed with hanging lead seals, hung by silk [twines]
    Synonyms: colgar, dependurar, pender

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* dependurar
* penduricallo
* pendurico
* porondeiro
* poronduxo

#### Related terms

* pendulleiro
* pendullo
* pendura

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pendurar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pendur”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pendurar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pendurar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “pendurar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pendurar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “pender”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* pindurar (obsolete or eye dialect)
* pendurá (apocopic)
* pindurá (eye dialect)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pendurar, pendorar, from Medieval Latin pendulāre, from Latin pendulus (“hanging”), from pendeō (“to hang”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pẽ.duˈɾa(ʁ)/ [pẽ.duˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pẽ.duˈɾa(ʁ)/ [pẽ.duˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pẽ.duˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pẽ.duˈɾa(ʁ)/ [pẽ.duˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pẽ.duˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pẽ.duˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pẽ.duˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pẽ.duˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pen‧du‧rar

### Verb

pendurar (first-person singular present penduro, first-person singular preterite pendurei, past participle pendurado)
* to hang (cause (something) to be suspended)
* (figurative) to give up or retire from a profession (followed by the name of a piece of clothing associated with the profession)
** 2005, Jean Hatzfeld, Rosa Freire d’Aguiar, Uma Temporada de Facões, Editora Companhia das Letras, page 271:Largou o Exército para tornar-se policial da comuna, e pendurou o uniforme em 1992, quando foi mais ou menos afastado depois de um crime; desde então dedicou- se totalmente à lavoura.He quit the army to become a police officer in the city, and hung his uniform (=retired from the police) in 1992, when he was more-or-less suspended after a crime; since then he has dedicated himself entirely to agriculture.
* to put on one's tab (informal credit account in a bar or shop)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Synonyms

* (hang): pender, suspender
* (to retire): aposentar-se

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “hang”): despendurar

#### Related terms

* pêndulo
* pendurado