intender

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From intend +‎ -er.

Noun

intender (plural intenders)

  1. One who intends.

Etymology 2

From in- +‎ tender.

Verb

intender (third-person singular simple present intenders, present participle intendering, simple past and past participle intendered)

  1. Alternative form of entender

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /intenˈdeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧ten‧der

Verb

intender (first-person singular present intiendo, first-person singular preterite intendí, past participle intendido)

  1. (obsolete) to understand
    Synonym: entender

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive intender
gerund intendiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular intendido intendida
plural intendidos intendidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present intiendo intiendestú
intendésvos 		intiende intendemos intendéis intienden
imperfect intendía intendías intendía intendíamos intendíais intendían
preterite intendí intendiste intendió intendimos intendisteis intendieron
future intenderé intenderás intenderá intenderemos intenderéis intenderán
conditional intendería intenderías intendería intenderíamos intenderíais intenderían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present intienda intiendastú
intendásvos2 		intienda intendamos intendáis intiendan
imperfect
(ra) 		intendiera intendieras intendiera intendiéramos intendierais intendieran
imperfect
(se) 		intendiese intendieses intendiese intendiésemos intendieseis intendiesen
future1 intendiere intendieres intendiere intendiéremos intendiereis intendieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative intiendetú
intendévos 		intienda intendamos intended intiendan
negative no intiendas no intienda no intendamos no intendáis no intiendan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of intender (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive intender
dative intenderme intenderte intenderle, intenderse intendernos intenderos intenderles, intenderse
accusative intenderme intenderte intenderlo, intenderla, intenderse intendernos intenderos intenderlos, intenderlas, intenderse
with gerund intendiendo
dative intendiéndome intendiéndote intendiéndole, intendiéndose intendiéndonos intendiéndoos intendiéndoles, intendiéndose
accusative intendiéndome intendiéndote intendiéndolo, intendiéndola, intendiéndose intendiéndonos intendiéndoos intendiéndolos, intendiéndolas, intendiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative intiende
dative intiéndeme intiéndete intiéndele intiéndenos not used intiéndeles
accusative intiéndeme intiéndete intiéndelo, intiéndela intiéndenos not used intiéndelos, intiéndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative intendé
dative intendeme intendete intendele intendenos not used intendeles
accusative intendeme intendete intendelo, intendela intendenos not used intendelos, intendelas
with formal second-person singular imperative intienda
dative intiéndame not used intiéndale, intiéndase intiéndanos not used intiéndales
accusative intiéndame not used intiéndalo, intiéndala, intiéndase intiéndanos not used intiéndalos, intiéndalas
with first-person plural imperative intendamos
dative not used intendámoste intendámosle intendámonos intendámoos intendámosles
accusative not used intendámoste intendámoslo, intendámosla intendámonos intendámoos intendámoslos, intendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative intended
dative intendedme not used intendedle intendednos intendeos intendedles
accusative intendedme not used intendedlo, intendedla intendednos intendeos intendedlos, intendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative intiendan
dative intiéndanme not used intiéndanle intiéndannos not used intiéndanles, intiéndanse
accusative intiéndanme not used intiéndanlo, intiéndanla intiéndannos not used intiéndanlos, intiéndanlas, intiéndanse

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