1. A state where something is waiting to be carried out or implemented, often referring to legal sentences, orders, or tasks
The criminal remained in prison pending execution of the death sentence.
O criminoso permaneceu na prisão aguardando execução da sentença de morte.
2. In computing or software contexts: a task or command that is queued and waiting to be processed
There are three files pending execution in the batch process.
Há três arquivos aguardando execução no processo em lote.