to tend to do sthtender a hacer algo;soler hacer algo
be apt to
men tend to die younger than womenlos hombres tienden a or suelen morir más jóvenes que las mujeres;this type of material tends to shrinkeste tipo de tela tiene tendencia a or tiende a or suele encoger
I tend to wake up early in the morning
that tends to be the casetiende a ser así;suele ser así
lighter cars tend to be noisymen tend to put on weight in middle agechildren tend to prefer sweet things to meatbe disposed to
I tend to agreeme inclino a pensar lo mismo
I tend to think thatI tend to think that members of parliament by and large do a good job
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to tend towardstender a;her stories tend towards the melodramaticsus historias tienden a ser melodramáticas;he tends towards conservatismes de tendencias conservadoras
it is a blue tending to greenPeople born under Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius tended towards extroversion, whereas those born under Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces were more likely to be introvertsOur school dramas tend toward comedy and farceshe tended towards belief in reincarnationintellectuals tend towards left wing viewshe tends towards fat
tend[tend]
transitive verb
1(care for)[+patient, invalid]cuidar;atender;[+sheep, cattle, horses]cuidar;ocuparse de;[+garden]ocuparse de;[+grave]cuidar de;[+fire]atender;ocuparse de
she tended her sick husbandfor years he tended her in her painful illnessthe boys were tending cattle in the fieldshe looked forward to tending his sheep againmy aunt stayed on, tending her chickens and growing vegetablesshe went out to tend the plants, trimming a straggly shoot, picking off a blossom gone byservants were scurrying around, tending horses, carrying things like firewood or sacks of what seemed to be vegetables,he tends the flowerbedsshe was touched to find that unknown hands had lovingly tended the graves of her mother and sistera neat, well-tended graveyardThe teacher had to tend the fire herself, chopping wood, carrying coal, and removing ashes; no help was provideshe is never happier than when tending a bonfire or doing her carpentry in the garage
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to tend bar(US)servir en el bar
John made a few extra bucks tending bar
intransitive verb
to tend to[+patient, invalid]atender a;cuidar;[+sheep, cattle, horses]cuidar;ocuparse de;[+fire]atender;ocuparse de;[+housework, wounds, needs]ocuparse de
I had gone to tend to my sheephe is too busy tending to his ten cows to bother attending clan meetingsIt is she who tends to Arthur's wounds after the Battle of Camlan...while she tended to her patientthe little nun who tended to him was extremely kindthis will allow parents to tend to their newborn or sick childrenI have to tend to the other guestsin our culture, girls are brought up to tend to the needs of othersshe hurried away to tend to the grillphysicians were tending to his broken leg