different between engender vs entender

English

Alternative forms

• engendre [14th–16th c.], ingender [15th–17th c.]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?d??n.d?/, /?n?d??n.d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?d??n.d?/, /?n?d??n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle French engendrer, from Latin ingener?re, from in- + gener?re (“to generate”).

Verb

engender (third-person singular simple present engenders, present participle engendering, simple past and past participle engendered)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman). [14th–19th c.]
2. (transitive) To give existence to, to produce (living creatures). [from 14th c.]
   • 1891, Henry James, "James Russell Lowell", Essays in London and Elsewhere, p.60:

     Like all interesting literary figures, he is full of tacit as well as of uttered reference to the conditions that engendered him […].

3. (transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create. [from 14th c.]
   • 1928, "New Plays in Manhattan", Time, 8 Oct.:

     Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart managed to engender "Better Be Good to Me" and "I Must Love You," but they were neither lyrically nor musically up to standards of their Garrick Gaieties or A Connecticut Yankee.

   • 2009, Jonathan Glancey, "The art of industry", The Guardian, 21 Dec.:

     Manufacturing is not simply about brute or emergency economics. It's also about a sense of involvement and achievement engendered by shaping and crafting useful, interesting, well-designed things.

4. (intransitive) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To copulate, to have sex. [15th–19th c.]

Synonyms

• (to bring into existence): beget, conjure, create, produce, make, craft, manufacture, invent, assemble, generate
• (to copulate): do it, get it on, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Translations

Etymology 2

From en- +? gender.

Verb

engender (third-person singular simple present engenders, present participle engendering, simple past and past participle engendered)

1. (critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender. [from 20th c.]

Anagrams

• engendre, regenned

English

Etymology

From en- +? tender. Doublet of intenerate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?nd?(?)/, /?n?t?nd?(?)/

Verb

entender (third-person singular simple present entenders, present participle entendering, simple past and past participle entendered)

1. (obsolete) To make tender.
   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

     For whatsoever creates fear , or makes the spirit to dwell in a religious sadness , is apt to entender the spirit , and make it devout and pliant to any part of dut

2. (transitive) To treat with tenderness.

Anagrams

• entendre, renneted

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

entender

1. (transitive) to understand

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “entender”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intend?.

Verb

entender

1. to understand

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese entender, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intend?.

References

• IPA^(key): [enten?de?]

Verb

entender (first-person singular present entendo, first-person singular preterite entendín, past participle entendido)

1. to understand

   Synonym: comprender

2. to know

   Synonym: comprender

3. to think, believe
   • 1459, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 340:

     Gonçaluo Rodrigues d'Olueda deu querella do dito prouisor et de seus omes, que tragendo él en este dia ena sua sua viña de tras lo Castello seys omes arrendando e labrando sua viña que seyran a él do dito castello sete omes et que aderençaran a hun seu fillo, que á nome Pedro, et a hun seu criado que lle deran con asta tras lo pescoço et aos ditos labradores que deran hua ferrida ena testa con hua lança et a outro labrador que lle deran quatro feridas, de que entendía que non escaparía, et correran pos elles

     Gonzalo Rodríguez de Olveda gave a complaint of said provisor and his men; because bringing he that day, in his vineyard behind the castle, six hired men working his vineyard, that seven men exited said castle to them, and that they came near one of his sons, who has the name Pedro, and that they hit one of his servants in the back of the neck with the shaft; and to said workers, they gave one a wound in the head with a spear, and to other worker they gave four wounds, of which he thought he wouldn't get out, and they ran after them

   Synonyms: coidar, pensar

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get along

5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to have a romance or an affair

Conjugation

References

• “entender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “entender” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “entender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “entender” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “entender” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ladino

Alternative forms

• entyender

Verb

entender (Latin spelling)

1. to understand, hear

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese entender, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intend?. Doublet of intender, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?.t?.?de?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?.t?.?de(?)/, [??????.t???????.?d?e(?)]
• Hyphenation: en?ten?der

Verb

entender (first-person singular present indicative entendo, past participle entendido)

1. to understand, to grasp, to comprehend

   Não entendi este livro. - I didn't understand this book.

   Fico feliz que você me entenda. - I'm glad that you understand me.

   Synonyms: compreender, dominar, perceber

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) To have a good or satisfactory relationship (with someone)

   Márcia e eu nos entendemos. - Márcia and I have a good relationship.

   Synonym: dar-se bem

Antonyms

• (have a good relationship): desentender, brigar

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:entender.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intend?. Doublet of intender, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enten?de?/, [?n?.t??n??d?e?]

Verb

entender (first-person singular present entiendo, first-person singular preterite entendí, past participle entendido)

1. to understand, to fathom

   Synonym: comprender

2. to hear
3. (intransitive, slang) to be queer; to bat for the other team
4. (reflexive) to get on; get along
5. (reflexive) to get it on; do it (have an amorous relationship)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• entendérselas

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: intindi

References

• “entender” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.