entender

From en- +‎ tender.

entender (third-person singular simple present entenders, present participle entendering, simple past and past participle entendered)

1. (obsolete) To make tender.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 35, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     And fearing lest the torments he felt, might in some sort entender his wifes heart […], he besought her to be pleased she might be caried into the next chamber, which was accordingly performed.

   • 1790, Ann Ward Radcliffe, chapter 8, in A Sicilian Romance‎, HTML edition:

     Entendered by distress, she easily yielded to the pensive manners of her companions and to the serene uniformity of a monastic life.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)

2. (transitive) To treat with tenderness.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Young to this entry?)

• entendre, renneted

entender

1. (transitive) to understand

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “entender”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō.

entender

1. to understand

From Old Portuguese entender, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō.

entender (first-person singular present entendo, first-person singular preterite entendín, past participle entendido)

1. to understand

• comprender

• entyender

entender (Latin spelling)

1. to understand, hear

From Old Portuguese entender, from Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō. Doublet of intender, a borrowing.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tẽ.ˈdeɾ/
• Hyphenation: en‧ten‧der

entender (first-person singular present indicative entendo, past participle entendido)

1. to understand, to grasp, to comprehend

   Não entendi este livro. - I didn't understand this book.

   Fico feliz que você me entenda. - I'm glad that you understand me.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) To have a good or satisfactory relationship (with someone)

   Márcia e eu nos entendemos. - Márcia and I have a good relationship.

• (understand): compreender, dominar
• (have a good relationship): dar-se bem

• (have a good relationship): desentender, brigar

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:entender.

• (to understand) perceber, compreender

From Latin intendere, present active infinitive of intendō. Doublet of intender, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /entenˈdeɾ/, [ẽn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

entender (first-person singular present entiendo, first-person singular preterite entendí, past participle entendido)

1. to understand

   No entiendo. ― I don't understand.

2. to hear
3. (intransitive, slang) to be queer; to bat for the other team
4. (reflexive) to get on; get along
5. (reflexive) to get it on; do it (have an amorous relationship)

• Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables.

• comprender

• entendérselas

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