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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdependente
Pronunciation / Transliteration: deh-pen-den-teh
"Ele é dependente financeiramente de seus pais."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Contingent on or determined by something else.
"The project is dependent on the availability of funding."
- 1
A person who relies on another, especially for financial support.
"As a dependent, she was eligible for health insurance under her parent's plan."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Middle English word dependent, stemming from the Old French dependant, and ultimately from the Latin dependentem, present participle of dependere meaning 'to hang down from'. Over time, the meaning evolved from a physical hanging to a figurative reliance on someone or something for support or survival.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dependent" is said worldwide
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dépendant
Transliteration: deh-pahn-dahn
"Il est dépendant de ses parents pour le soutien financier."
abhängig
Transliteration: ab-hen-gik
"Er ist finanziell von seinen Eltern abhängig."
dipendente
Transliteration: dee-pen-den-teh
"È un dipendente finanziario dei suoi genitori."
dependiente
Transliteration: deh-pen-dyen-teh
"Es un dependiente de sus padres para el apoyo financiero."
dependente
Transliteration: deh-pen-den-teh
"Ele é dependente financeiramente de seus pais."
निर्भर
Transliteration: nirbhar
"वह अपने माता-पिता पर निर्भर है।"
依赖的
Transliteration: yīlài de
"他在经济上依赖于他的父母。"
의존하는
Transliteration: uijonhaneun
"그는 부모에게 재정적으로 의존하고 있다."
依存している
Transliteration: izon shite iru
"彼は経済的に両親に依存している。"
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