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depender

to depend

verb deh-pen-DEHR Less Common

Usage Note

Depender always takes the preposition de: depende de ti (it depends on you). As a one-word answer, depende is the standard equivalent of English 'it depends.' The noun form is dependencia, and dependiente/a means both 'dependent' and 'shop assistant' in Spain.

Examples

"Todo depende de la situación."

Natural Translation

Everything depends on the situation.

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