Tender means ‘to hang out (washing)/tend to’. It is a stem-changing -er verb (e → ie): tiendo (present), tendí (preterite), tendido (past participle), tendiendo (gerund).
Tender in use
Tiende la ropa antes de salirHang out the washing before you go out
Ayer tendí la colada en la terrazaYesterday I hung the washing out on the terrace
Mi hermano tiende a llegar tardeMy brother tends to arrive late
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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