fendete

Fendete is the second-person plural present indicative form of the Italian verb fendere, which means to cleave, split, or divide. It is used when addressing more than one person and would translate roughly as “you all cleave” or “you all split” in English. The base form is fendere, with the stem fend-.

Fendere belongs to the -ere class of Italian verbs and follows the regular present tense conjugation patterns for that group. The present indicative forms are: io fendo, tu fendi, lui/lei fende, noi fendiamo, voi fendete, loro fendono. The form fendete, in particular, corresponds to voi in the present tense and can also serve as the imperative in standard Italian, where the voi imperative mirrors the present indicative for most -ere verbs.

Origin and semantics: fendere derives from Latin fendere, meaning to cleave or split apart. In Italian, fendere and its conjugations retain the basic sense of splitting or dividing material, and metaphorical or poetic uses may extend this sense to other kinds of division or separation. In modern usage, fendere is relatively uncommon in everyday speech and is more likely found in literary, historical, or technical contexts, such as discussions of wood, stone, or symbolic imagery.

Usage notes: Fendete is primarily encountered in formal, literary, or historical writing. In contemporary conversation, speakers are more likely to use verbs like difendere or chiudere for defense, rather than fendere, except in specialized or stylistic contexts.

See also: fendere, Italian verbs, Romance languages verb conjugation.