Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pindurar (obsolete or eye dialect)
• pendurá (apocopic)
• pindurá (eye dialect)

Verb

pendurar ‎(first-person singular present indicative penduro, past participle pendurado)

1. to hang (cause (something) to be suspended)
2. (figuratively) to give up or retire from a profession (followed by the name of a piece of clothing associated with the profession)
   • 2005, Jean Hatzfeld, Rosa Freire d’Aguiar, Uma Temporada de Facões, Editora Companhia das Letras, page 271:

     Largou o Exército para tornar-se policial da comuna, e pendurou o uniforme em 1992, quando foi mais ou menos afastado depois de um crime; desde então dedicou- se totalmente à lavoura.

     He quit the army to become a police officer in the city, and hung his uniform (=retired from the police) in 1992, when he was more-or-less suspended after a crime; since then he has dedicated himself entirely to agriculture.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (hang): pender, suspender
• (to retire): aposentar-se

Antonyms

• (hang): despendurar

Related terms

• pêndulo
• pendurado