vender

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

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Noun

vender (plural venders)

1. Dated spelling of vendor.
   • 1773, Stanfield Parkinson, preface to the Journal of his brother Sydney Parkinson's Endeavour voyage, page 18,

     Can it be supposed, that a man of Dr. Hawkes-worth’s discretion and abilities would enter into an engagement of this nature, and make a purchase of such moment, without enquiring into the title of the vender?

   • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, “Queen Pomaree”, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 309:

     […] Tanee was accosted by certain good fellows, friends and boon companions, who condoled with him on his misfortunes—railed against the queen, and finally dragged him away to an illicit vender of spirits, in whose house the party got gloriously mellow.

Usage notes

Although vender is rare in modern English writing, The New Yorker still uses this spelling.

Anagrams

• Denver, Verden, nerved, revend

Aragonese

• venre (Benasquese, Ribagorzan)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vēndere (“to sell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈde(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
• Syllabification: ven‧der

Verb

vender

1. (transitive) to sell

   Antonyms: crompar, mercar

2. (reflexive) to sell for (a sum), to fetch

Further reading

• Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vēndere (“sell”).

Verb

vender (first-person singular indicative present vendo, past participle vendíu)

1. to sell

   Antonym: comprar

Conjugation

Conjugation of vender

infinitive		vender
gerundive		vendiendo
participle		m vendíu, f vendida, n vendío, m pl vendíos, f pl vendíes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	vendo	vendes	vende	vendemos	vendéis	venden
	imperfect	vendía	vendíes	vendía	vendíemos	vendíeis	vendíen
	preterite	vendí	vendiesti	vendió	vendiemos	vendiestis	vendieron
	pluperfect	vendiere	vendieres	vendiere	vendiéremos	vendiereis	vendieren
	future	venderé	venderás	venderá	venderemos	venderéis	venderán
	conditional	vendería	venderíes	vendería	venderíemos/venderíamos	venderíeis/venderíais	venderíen
subjunctive	present	venda	vendas	venda	vendamos	vendáis	vendan
	imperfect	vendiere	vendieres	vendiere	vendiéremos	vendiereis	vendieren
imperative			vendi			vendéi

Related terms

• venta

Danish

Verb

vender

1. present of vende

Galician

Vendendo zapatos – selling shoes

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wes-

Proto-Indo-European *-n̥

Proto-Indo-European *wósn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wésnos

Proto-Italic *wesnos

Latin vēnum

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin vēnum dō

Latin vēndere

Old Galician-Portuguese vender

Galician vender

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vender, from Latin vēndere (“sell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈdeɾ/ [ben̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: ven‧der

Verb

vender (first-person singular present vendo, first-person singular preterite vendín, past participle vendido)
vender (first-person singular present vendo, first-person singular preterite vendim or vendi, past participle vendido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to sell
2. (figurative) to betray, commit treason

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vender

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	vender
Personal	vender	venderes	vender	vendermos	venderdes	venderen
Gerund
	vendendo
Past participle
Masculine	vendido			vendidos
Feminine	vendida			vendidas
Indicative
Present	vendo	vendes	vende	vendemos	vendedes	venden
Imperfect	vendía	vendías	vendía	vendiamos	vendiades	vendían
Preterite	vendín	vendiches	vendeu	vendemos	vendestes	venderon
Pluperfect	vendera	venderas	vendera	venderamos	venderades	venderan
Future	venderei	venderás	venderá	venderemos	venderedes	venderán
Conditional	vendería	venderías	vendería	venderiamos	venderiades	venderían
Subjunctive
Present	venda	vendas	venda	vendamos	vendades	vendan
Imperfect	vendese	vendeses	vendese	vendésemos	vendésedes	vendesen
Future	vender	venderes	vender	vendermos	venderdes	venderen
Imperative
Affirmative		vende	venda	vendamos	vendede	vendan
Negative (non)		non vendas	non venda	non vendamos	non vendades	non vendan

    Reintegrated conjugation of vender (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	vender
Personal	vender	venderes	vender	vendermos	venderdes	venderem
Gerund
	vendendo
Past participle
Masculine	vendido			vendidos
Feminine	vendida			vendidas
Indicative
Present	vendo	vendes	vende	vendemos	vendedes, vendeis	vendem
Imperfect	vendia	vendias	vendia	vendíamos	vendíades, vendíeis, vendíais1	vendiam
Preterite	vendim, vendi	vendeste, vendeche1	vendeu	vendemos	vendestes	vendêrom, venderam
Pluperfect	vendera	venderas	vendera	vendêramos	vendêrades, vendêreis, vendêrais1	venderam
Future	venderei	venderás	venderá	venderemos	venderedes, vendereis	venderám, venderão
Conditional	venderia	venderias	venderia	venderíamos	venderíades, venderíeis, venderíais1	venderiam
Subjunctive
Present	venda	vendas	venda	vendamos	vendades, vendais	vendam
Imperfect	vendesse	vendesses	vendesse	vendêssemos	vendêssedes, vendêsseis	vendessem
Future	vender	venderes	vender	vendermos	venderdes	venderem
Imperative
Affirmative		vende	venda	vendamos	vendede, vendei	vendam
Negative (nom)		nom vendas	nom venda	nom vendamos	nom vendades, nom vendais	nom vendam

¹Less recommended.

Antonyms

• comprar

Related terms

• venda

References

• “vender”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “vender”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “vender”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “vender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vender”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vender”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Verb

vender

1. to vend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vender

infinitive		vender
participle		present	perfect
		vendente	vendite
active		simple	perfect
	present	vende	ha vendite
	past	vendeva	habeva vendite
	future	vendera	habera vendite
	conditional	venderea	haberea vendite
	imperative	vende	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es vendite	ha essite vendite
	past	esseva vendite	habeva essite vendite
	future	essera vendite	habera essite vendite
	conditional	esserea vendite	haberea essite vendite
	imperative	sia vendite	—

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈven.der/
• Rhymes: -ender
• Hyphenation: vén‧der

Verb

vender (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of vendere

Ladin

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Veneris diēs < diēs Veneris (“day of Venus”).

Noun

vender m (plural vendres)

1. Friday

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vender

1. present of vende

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vender

1. present of venda

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vēndere (“to sell”).

Verb

vender

1. to sell
   • 1115, Fuero de Avilés:

     E qui lo vender dé I sólido á lo Rai.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1285, Sale Document:

     vendémosvos todo quanto heredamiento a nos pertenez

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Asturian: vender
• Mirandese: bender

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• bender (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vēndere (“to sell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βenˈdeɾ/

Verb

vender

1. to sell

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vender

infinitive			simple		vender
			compound		infinitive of haver + past participle
gerund			simple		vendiendo
			compound		gerund of haver + past participle
past participle					singular		plural
			masculine		vendido, vendudo		vendidos, vendudos
			feminine		vendida, venduda		vendidas, vendudas
present participle					vendiente, vendient		vendientes
person			singular			plural
			first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood			yo	tú	él ella ello	nos nosotros nosotras	vos vosotros vosotras	ellos ellas
simple tenses	present		vendo	vendes	vende	vendemos	vendedes, vendés	venden
	imperfect		vendía, vendié, vendíe, vendí	vendías, vendiés, vendíes	vendía, vendié, vendíe, vendí	vendíamos, vendiemos, vendíemos	vendíades, vendiedes, vendíedes	vendían, vendién, vendíen
	preterite		vendí	vendiste, vendieste, vendist, vendiest, vendistes, vendiestes	vendió	vendimos, vendiemos	vendistes, vendiestes	vendieron
	pluperfect		vendiera	vendieras	vendiera	vendiéramos	vendiérades	vendieran
	future		venderé, vendré	venderás, vendrás	venderá, vendrá	venderemos, vendremos	venderedes, venderés, vendredes, vendrés	venderán, vendrán
	conditional		vendería, venderié, venderíe, venderí, vendría, vendrié, vendríe, vendrí	venderías, venderiés, venderíes, vendrías, vendriés, vendríes	vendería, venderié, venderíe, venderí, vendría, vendrié, vendríe, vendrí	venderíamos, venderiemos, venderíemos, vendríamos, vendriemos, vendríemos	venderíades, venderiedes, venderíedes, vendríades, vendriedes, vendríedes	venderían, venderién, venderíen, vendrían, vendrién, vendríen
compound tenses	present perfect		present of haver + past participle
	pluperfect		imperfect of haver + past participle
	past anterior		preterite of haver + past participle
	pluperfect anterior		simple pluperfect of haver + past participle
	future perfect		future of haver + past participle
	conditional perfect		conditional of haver + past participle
subjunctive mood			yo	tú	él ella ello	nos nosotros nosotras	vos vosotros vosotras	ellos ellas
simple tenses	present		venda	vendas	venda	vendamos	vendades, vendaes, vendáis	vendan
	imperfect	(sse)	vendiesse, vendiés	vendiesses	vendiesse, vendiés	vendiéssemos	vendiéssedes	vendiéssen
		(ra)	vendiera	vendieras	vendiera	vendiéramos	vendiérades	vendieran
	future		vendiere, vendier, vendiero	vendieres	vendiere, vendier	vendiéremos, vendiermos	vendiéredes, vendierdes	vendieren
compound tenses	present perfect		present subjunctive of haver + past participle
	pluperfect	(sse)	imperfect subjunctive (sse) of haver + past participle
		(ra)	imperfect subjunctive (ra) of haver + past participle
	future perfect		future subjunctive of haver + past participle
imperative mood			—	tú	—	nos nosotros nosotras	vos vosotros vosotras	—
affirmative			—	vende, vend	—	vendamos	vended	—
negative			—	non/no vendas	—	non/no vendamos	non/no vendades, non/no vendaes, non/no vendáis	—

Descendants

• Spanish: vender

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wes-

Proto-Indo-European *-n̥

Proto-Indo-European *wósn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wésnos

Proto-Italic *wesnos

Latin vēnum

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin vēnum dō

Latin vēndere

Old Galician-Portuguese vender

Portuguese vender

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vender, from Latin vēndere (“to sell”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈde(ʁ)/ [vẽˈde(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈde(ʁ)/ [vẽˈde(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /vẽˈde(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /vẽˈde(ʁ)/ [vẽˈde(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /vẽˈde(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈdeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈdeɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈdeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈde.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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Verb

vender (first-person singular present vendo, first-person singular preterite vendi, past participle vendido)

1. (transitive) to sell

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	vender
Personal	vender	venderes	vender	vendermos	venderdes	venderem
Gerund
	vendendo
Past participle
Masculine	vendido			vendidos
Feminine	vendida			vendidas
Indicative
Present	vendo	vendes	vende	vendemos	vendeis	vendem
Imperfect	vendia	vendias	vendia	vendíamos	vendíeis	vendiam
Preterite	vendi	vendeste	vendeu	vendemos	vendestes	venderam
Pluperfect	vendera	venderas	vendera	vendêramos	vendêreis	venderam
Future	venderei	venderás	venderá	venderemos	vendereis	venderão
Conditional	venderia	venderias	venderia	venderíamos	venderíeis	venderiam
Subjunctive
Present	venda	vendas	venda	vendamos	vendais	vendam
Imperfect	vendesse	vendesses	vendesse	vendêssemos	vendêsseis	vendessem
Future	vender	venderes	vender	vendermos	venderdes	venderem
Imperative
Affirmative		vende	venda	vendamos	vendei	vendam
Negative (não)		não vendas	não venda	não vendamos	não vendais	não vendam

Related terms

• venda
• vendagem
• vendável
• vendedor

Further reading

• “vender”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vender”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wes-

Proto-Indo-European *-n̥

Proto-Indo-European *wósn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wésnos

Proto-Italic *wesnos

Latin vēnum

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin vēnum dō

Latin vēndere

Spanish vender

Inherited from Latin vēndere (“to sell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈdeɾ/ [bẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ven‧der

Verb

vender (first-person singular present vendo, first-person singular preterite vendí, past participle vendido)

1. (transitive) to sell

   Antonym: comprar

2. (reflexive) to sell for (a sum), to fetch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vender
gerund			vendiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vendido		vendida
		plural		vendidos		vendidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vendo	vendestú vendésvos	vende	vendemos	vendéis	venden
	imperfect	vendía	vendías	vendía	vendíamos	vendíais	vendían
	preterite	vendí	vendiste	vendió	vendimos	vendisteis	vendieron
	future	venderé	venderás	venderá	venderemos	venderéis	venderán
	conditional	vendería	venderías	vendería	venderíamos	venderíais	venderían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	venda	vendastú vendásvos2	venda	vendamos	vendáis	vendan
	imperfect (ra)	vendiera	vendieras	vendiera	vendiéramos	vendierais	vendieran
	imperfect (se)	vendiese	vendieses	vendiese	vendiésemos	vendieseis	vendiesen
	future1	vendiere	vendieres	vendiere	vendiéremos	vendiereis	vendieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vendetú vendévos	venda	vendamos	vended	vendan
	negative		no vendas	no venda	no vendamos	no vendáis	no vendan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of vender

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive vender	dative	venderme	venderte	venderle, venderse	vendernos	venderos	venderles, venderse
	accusative	venderme	venderte	venderlo, venderla, venderse	vendernos	venderos	venderlos, venderlas, venderse
with gerund vendiendo	dative	vendiéndome	vendiéndote	vendiéndole, vendiéndose	vendiéndonos	vendiéndoos	vendiéndoles, vendiéndose
	accusative	vendiéndome	vendiéndote	vendiéndolo, vendiéndola, vendiéndose	vendiéndonos	vendiéndoos	vendiéndolos, vendiéndolas, vendiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative vende	dative	véndeme	véndete	véndele	véndenos	not used	véndeles
	accusative	véndeme	véndete	véndelo, véndela	véndenos	not used	véndelos, véndelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative vendé	dative	vendeme	vendete	vendele	vendenos	not used	vendeles
	accusative	vendeme	vendete	vendelo, vendela	vendenos	not used	vendelos, vendelas
with formal second-person singular imperative venda	dative	véndame	not used	véndale, véndase	véndanos	not used	véndales
	accusative	véndame	not used	véndalo, véndala, véndase	véndanos	not used	véndalos, véndalas
with first-person plural imperative vendamos	dative	not used	vendámoste	vendámosle	vendámonos	vendámoos	vendámosles
	accusative	not used	vendámoste	vendámoslo, vendámosla	vendámonos	vendámoos	vendámoslos, vendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vended	dative	vendedme	not used	vendedle	vendednos	vendeos	vendedles
	accusative	vendedme	not used	vendedlo, vendedla	vendednos	vendeos	vendedlos, vendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vendan	dative	véndanme	not used	véndanle	véndannos	not used	véndanles, véndanse
	accusative	véndanme	not used	véndanlo, véndanla	véndannos	not used	véndanlos, véndanlas, véndanse

Derived terms

• consejos vendo y para mí no tengo
• no vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo
• no vender una escoba
• vendedor
• vendemotos
• vender como churros
• vender gato por liebre
• vender humo
• vender la moto
• vender la pomada
• venderse por un plato de lentejas
• vendible
• venta

Related terms

• retrovender

Further reading

• “vender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025