different between entendre vs entender

English

Noun

entendre

1. Only used in double entendre and single entendre.

Anagrams

• entender, renneted

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intend? (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?n?ten.d??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /en?ten.d?e/

Verb

entendre (first-person singular present entenc, past participle entès)

1. to understand

   Synonym: comprendre

Conjugation

Derived terms

• desentendre
• enteniment

Further reading

• “entendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “entendre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “entendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “entendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Middle French entendre and Old French entendre, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intend? (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??d?/

Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. (intransitive) to be able to hear
3. (literary) to listen to
4. (formal) to mean
5. (reflexive) to agree with each other.
6. (reflexive) to have good relations with; to get on; to get along.

7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something.

   s'y entendre en

8. (rare) to desire; to wish; to intend

9. (dated) to demand
10. (dated) to know
11. (archaic) to understand

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

• double entendre

Further reading

• “entendre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "entendre"

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French entendre.

Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. to understand

Descendants

• French: entendre

See also

• ouyr (“to hear”)

Occitan

Alternative forms

• entèndre (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intend? (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. to understand

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intend? (“to turn one's attention, to strain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en?ten.dr?/

Verb

entendre

1. to hear
2. to understand

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Synonyms

• (hear): oïr

Descendants

• Middle French: entendre
  • French: entendre

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.