tender
Spanish, verb
tender is spelled T-E-N-D-E-R (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,890th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tender is a Spanish verb meaning “to tend to, to have a tendency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, ténder is a different word: “tender”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desplegar o extender aumentando la longitud o las dimensiones”.
What does tender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tend to, to have a tendency
- 2
to spread, to stretch out
- 3
to lay (cable)
- 4
to make (a bed)
- 5
to hang up (clothes)
- 6
to build (a bridge across an expanse)
- 7
to extend (the hand)
- 8
to floor (with a punch), to stretch out
noun
- 1
masculinetender
- 2
masculineclothes line
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desplegar o extender aumentando la longitud o las dimensiones. 2. Disponer a alguien o algo a todo su largo sobre una superficie horizontal. 3. Desplegar entre dos o más puntos. 4. Acercar algo desde sí hacia otro lugar.
verb: 1. Mostrar propensión o inclinación hacia algo en un momento concreto. 2. Aproximarse la variable dependiente de una función a un valor conforme se avanza la variable independiente hacia otro valor. 3. Aproximarse los elementos consecutivos de una serie a un valor concreto.
noun: 1. Tendedero (dispositivo de alambres o cuerdas sobre el que se tiende la ropa).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tender
- tiendo first-person present singular
- tendí first-person preterite singular
- tendido participle past
- e-ie alternation
- tendiendo gerund
- tendida feminine participle past
- tendidos masculine participle past
- tendidas feminine participle past
- tiendes indicative informal present
- tendés indicative informal present
- tiende indicative present singular
- tendemos first-person indicative plural
- tendéis indicative plural present
- tienden indicative plural present
- tendía first-person imperfect indicative
- tendías imperfect indicative second-person
- tendíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- tendíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tender in Spanish?
tender appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).