Spanish Word of the Day
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
pendiente
adjective: outstanding, unresolved
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You use pendiente to describe a variety of things which have not been resolved. First, it often goes with asuntos, business:
Tenemos un par de asuntos
pendientes . We still have a couple of things to sort out, We still have a couple of outstanding issues. -
You also often use pendiente with problema, problem:
Tenemos un par de asuntos
pendientes . We still have a couple of things to sort out, We still have a couple of outstanding issues.para resolver los problemaspendientes to resolve outstanding problems -
A special phrase is asignatura pendiente, which refers to a subject you have to retake or make up:
Tenemos un par de asuntos
pendientes . We still have a couple of things to sort out, We still have a couple of outstanding issues.para resolver los problemaspendientes to resolve outstanding problemslos que tienen, como máximo, tres asignaturaspendientes para terminar la carrera those who have a maximum of three subjects to retake to finish their degree course
