"to tend (to)" in seven languages
Meaningto tend (to)
Spanish
tender
/tenˈdeɾ/
inherited
Stem-changing: tiendo, tiendes, tiende.
French
tendre
/tɑ̃dʁ/
inherited
In everyday speech, avoir tendance à is more common.
Italian
tendere
/ˈtɛndere/
inherited
Portuguese
tender
/tẽˈdeh/
inherited
Romanian
tinde
/ˈtinde/
inherited
Romanian raises e to i before n: TENDERE → tinde.
Catalan
tendir
/tənˈdi/
inherited
Moved to the -ir verbs: tendeixo, tendeixes.
English
tend
/tɛnd/
from Latin/French · Old French tendre
English → Italianto tend (to)tendereCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TENDERE‘to stretch, to aim’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin TENDERE meant 'to stretch out', and leaning towards something is a kind of stretching. Spanish breaks the short e into ie when stressed: tiende.
English relatives: tension, extend, intend, tent, tendency
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In a sentence
- esLos precios tienden a subir en verano.
- frLes prix tendent à augmenter en été.
- itI prezzi tendono a salire d'estate.
- ptOs preços tendem a subir no verão.
- roPrețurile tind să crească vara.
- caEls preus tendeixen a pujar a l'estiu.
- enPrices tend to rise in summer.
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