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Monday, June 2, 2014

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pendiente, adjective
outstanding, unresolved; outstanding

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:

para resolver los problemas pendientes
to resolve outstanding problems

A special phrase is asignatura pendiente, which refers to a subject you have to retake or make up:

los que tienen, como máximo, tres asignaturas pendientes para terminar la carrera
those who have a maximum of three subjects to retake to finish their degree course

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