atender

From Latin attendere, present active infinitive of attendō.

atender

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

From Latin attendere, present active infinitive of attendō.

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

1. to pay attention
2. to take care of

• (take care of): coidar

atender

1. to wait

From Latin attendere, present active infinitive of attendō.

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

1. (transitive) to answer (the phone)
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

From Latin attendere, present active infinitive of attendō.

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

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”

• Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.

• Atender is a false friend, and does not mean “to attend (an event)”. The word for this in Spanish is asistir.

• atención

• Appendix:Spanish false cognates with English

• “atender” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.