atender

From Latin attendere.

atender

1. to pay attention
2. to look after, care for, take care of

From Latin attendere.

atender (first-person singular present atendo, first-person singular preterite atendín, past participle atendido)
atender (first-person singular present atendo, first-person singular preterite atendim or atendi, past participle atendido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to pay attention
2. to take care of

   Synonym: coidar

From Latin attendere.

atender (first-person singular present atendo, first-person singular preterite atendi, past participle atendido)

1. (transitive) to answer (the phone, the door)
2. to serve or answer (at a service counter or help desk)
3. to take into account; to consider
4. to meet, conform to, deal with or cater to (circumstances, requirements or expectations)
5. to suit or accommodate (limitations, requirements or expectations)

• atendimento

• atenção

Inherited from Latin attendere.

• IPA^(key): /atenˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ten‧der

atender (first-person singular present atiendo, first-person singular preterite atendí, past participle atendido)

1. (transitive) to pay attention to (something); to attend to (something)
2. (transitive) to care for (someone, especially the ill)
3. (transitive) to comply with (some rule)
4. (intransitive) to pay attention; to mind

   atender a alguien ― to pay attention to someone

5. (transitive) to answer (the phone)

• atender is a false friend, and does not mean “to attend (an event)”, although it can mean "to attend to" (someone or something). The word for "to attend" (an event) in Spanish is asistir, itself a false friend of assist.

• Appendix:Spanish false cognates with English

• “atender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 10 December 2024