dipendere
depend
Avere bisogno di qualcuno o qualcosa per poter fare o ottenere qualcosa.
Definition & meaning
Dipendere means to depend. It can express:
- Reliance: to need or rely on someone or something.
- Causation or condition: to be determined by something.
- Subordination: to be under someone’s authority.
It is commonly followed by da: dipendere da qualcuno means “to depend on someone.”
Grammar & Word origin
Dipendere is an intransitive verb of the second conjugation, ending in -ere. Its past participle is dipeso, and compound tenses use the auxiliary essere : è dipeso means “it depended” or “it was due to.”
It comes from Latin dependēre, originally meaning “to hang down,” from de- (“down”) and pendēre (“to hang”).
Synonyms & antonyms
- derivare — “to derive” or “result from”; emphasizes origin or cause rather than reliance.
- contare su — “to count on”; emphasizes trust or reliance on someone or something.
- sottostare — “to be subject to”; emphasizes subordination to authority.
- essere indipendente da — “to be independent of”; the opposite of relying on something.
Common phrases & collocations
- dipendere da qualcuno — to depend on someone.
- dipende — “it depends.”
- dipende da te — “it’s up to you.”
- far dipendere qualcosa da qualcos’altro — to make something conditional on something else.
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Examples
Tutto può dipendere dal tempo.verb
Everything can depend on the weather.
Non voglio dipendere sempre dagli altri per decidere.verb
I don't want to depend on others all the time to decide.
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