tend

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From Middle English tenden, from Middle French tendre, from Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), from Latin tendere (“to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out”).

From Middle English tenden (“to pay attention to”), by apheresis of attenden (“to attend”) or entenden (“to intend”). More at attend and intend.

From Middle English tenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle, set on fire”) (usually in compounds ātendan, fortendan, ontendan), from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną (“to kindle”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Danish tænde (“to kindle”), Swedish tända (“to ignite”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tandjan, “to kindle”), Icelandic tendra (“to ignite”), German zünden (“to light, ignite, fire”). Related to tinder.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: tarjota — to make a tender of; to offer or tender
• French: traiter de — to make a tender of; to offer or tender
• Italian: appaltare — to make a tender of; to offer or tender
• Occitan: ofrir — to make a tender of; to offer or tender
• Occitan: far una ofèrta — to make a tender of; to offer or tender
• Russian: предлага́ть (predlagátʹ) — to make a tender of; to offer or tender
• Russian: предложи́ть (predložítʹ) — to make a tender of; to offer or tender
• Spanish: ofrecer — to make a tender of; to offer or tender
• Zazaki: tendene — to make a tender of; to offer or tender
• Bulgarian: клоня (klonja) — to be probable or likely
• Bulgarian: насочен съм (nasočen sǎm) — to be probable or likely
• Catalan: tendir — to be probable or likely
• Esperanto: emi — to be probable or likely
• Estonian: kippuma — to be probable or likely
• Finnish: olla tapana — to be probable or likely
• Finnish: pyrkiä — to be probable or likely
• Finnish: tahtoa — to be probable or likely
• Finnish: tupata — to be probable or likely
• Finnish: yleensä — to be probable or likely
• French: avoir tendance à — to be probable or likely
• Galician: tender — to be probable or likely
• German: tendieren zu — to be probable or likely
• Greek: τείνω (teíno) — to be probable or likely
• Greek: ρέπω (répo) — to be probable or likely
• Hebrew: נָטָה — to be probable or likely
• Hungarian: szokott — to be probable or likely
• Ingrian: pruukata — to be probable or likely
• Italian: tendere — to be probable or likely
• Italian: essere probabile — to be probable or likely
• Italian: propendere — to be probable or likely
• Portuguese: tender — to be probable or likely
• Russian: име́ть тенде́нцию (imétʹ tɛndɛ́nciju) — to be probable or likely
• Russian: проявля́ть тенде́нцию (projavljátʹ tɛndɛ́nciju) — to be probable or likely
• Russian: име́ть скло́нность (imétʹ sklónnostʹ) — to be probable or likely
• Russian: проявля́ть скло́нность (projavljátʹ sklónnostʹ) — to be probable or likely
• Russian: склоня́ться (sklonjátʹsja) — to be probable or likely
• Russian: клони́ться (klonítʹsja) — to be probable or likely
• Spanish: tender — to be probable or likely
• Spanish: propender — to be probable or likely
• Spanish: estilar — to be probable or likely
• Swedish: tendera — to be probable or likely
• Ukrainian: ма́ти тенде́нцію (máty tendénciju) — to be probable or likely
• Ukrainian: схиля́тися (sxyljátysja) — to be probable or likely
• Zazaki: tendene — to be probable or likely
• Bulgarian: грижа се (griža se) — to look after
• Cornish: truedha — to look after
• Esperanto: varti — to look after
• Esperanto: flegi — to look after
• Esperanto: zorgi — to look after
• Esperanto: prizorgi — to look after
• Finnish: hoitaa — to look after
• Finnish: pitää huolta — to look after
• Finnish: huolehtia — to look after
• Galician: coidar — to look after
• German: sorgen für — to look after
• Greek: φροντίζω (frontízo) — to look after
• Hungarian: ápol — to look after
• Hungarian: gondoz — to look after
• Italian: avere cura di — to look after
• Italian: accudire — to look after
• Italian: curare — to look after
• Italian: dedicarsi — to look after
• Japanese: めんどうをみる (mendō o miru) — to look after
• Māori: whāomoomo — to look after
• Māori: whakaomoomo — to look after
• Māori: taurima — to look after
• Māori: nānā — to look after
• Māori: rauhī — to look after
• Māori: tūpore — to look after
• Occitan: velhar sus — to look after
• Occitan: s'ocupar de — to look after
• Portuguese: cuidar de — to look after
• Romanian: avea grijă — to look after
• Russian: уха́живать (uxáživatʹ) — to look after
• Russian: забо́титься (zabótitʹsja) — to look after
• Russian: присма́тривать (prismátrivatʹ) — to look after
• Spanish: cuidar de — to look after
• Spanish: ver por — to look after
• Spanish: velar por — to look after
• Tocharian B: yärp- — to look after
• Zazaki: tendene — to look after
• Czech: pást — to accompany as an assistant or protector
• Finnish: vartioida — to accompany as an assistant or protector
• Finnish: huolehtia — to accompany as an assistant or protector
• Italian: badare — to accompany as an assistant or protector
• Italian: custodire — to accompany as an assistant or protector
• Italian: prendersi cura — to accompany as an assistant or protector
• Bulgarian: обслужвам (obslužvam) — to wait upon, attend
• Finnish: palvella — to wait upon, attend
• Italian: accudire — to wait upon, attend
• Italian: vegliare — to wait upon, attend
• Italian: preoccuparsi — to wait upon, attend
• Bulgarian: очаквам (očakvam) — to await, expect
• Finnish: odottaa — to await, expect
• Finnish: varoa — to be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to
• Finnish: olla varovainen — to be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to
• Finnish: sytyttää — to kindle, ignite
• Italian: infiammare — to kindle, ignite
• Italian: accendere — to kindle, ignite
• Occitan: alucar — to kindle, ignite
• Occitan: afogar — to kindle, ignite
• Occitan: ignir — to kindle, ignite
• Russian: поджигать (podžigatʹ) — to kindle, ignite
• Russian: поджечь (podžečʹ) — to kindle, ignite
• Russian: разжигать (razžigatʹ) — to kindle, ignite
• Russian: разжечь (razžečʹ) — to kindle, ignite