sospendere

suspend

verb soh-SPEHN-deh-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'suspendere', to hang under

Also means

hang up

Usage Note

Sospendere means to suspend an activity, a person or a service, and literally to hang something up. It conjugates like prendere, with the irregular past participle sospeso. That participle also gives the adjective for something 'pending' or 'hanging in the air'.

Examples

"Hanno deciso di sospendere la riunione."

Natural Translation

They decided to suspend the meeting.

Literal Translation

They-have decided to to-suspend the meeting.

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