El verbo «tender»

The verb tender comes from the Latin tendĕre. There are multiple definitions:

1. to unfold, open up, or spread out; particularly something that is folded, wrinkled, or piled up.

Tendió el mantel sobre la mesa: She spread the tablecloth over the table.

2. to lay a person or animal over a surface.

Se tendió en el sofá: He spread out on the sofa.

3. to hang wet clothes out to dry. to spread wet clothes out in the open air, in the sun, or in front of a fire to dry.

Tender la ropa: to hang out the laundry.
Antiguamente se subía a tender a la azotea: She used to go up to the roof to hang the laundry.

4. to suspend, place, or construct something that is supported by two or more points.

Tender el puente: To suspend the bridge.
Tender una cuerda: To suspend a rope.

5. to demonstrate a tendency toward something.

Tiende a ensimismarse: He tends to get lost in thought.

6. to approach a certain quality or characteristic.

Un amaraillo que tiende a dorado: A yellow that approaches a gold color.

7. to knock someone or something to the ground with a blow.

8. to throw something to the ground, scattering it.

9. to extend something, drawing it near to someone or to something else.

10. to prepare a trap or a trick against someone.

Le tendió una emboscada. They set him up for an ambush.

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