1 to tend to do sth tender a hacer algo; soler hacer algo
be apt to
men tend to die younger than women los hombres tienden a or suelen morir más jóvenes que las mujeres; this type of material tends to shrink este tipo de tela tiene tendencia a or tiende a or suele encoger
I tend to wake up early in the morning
that tends to be the case tiende a ser así; suele ser así
lighter cars tend to be noisy men tend to put on weight in middle age children tend to prefer sweet things to meat be disposed to
I tend to agree me inclino a pensar lo mismo
I tend to think that I tend to think that members of parliament by and large do a good job
2 to tend towards tender a; her stories tend towards the melodramatic sus historias tienden a ser melodramáticas; he tends towards conservatism es de tendencias conservadoras
it is a blue tending to green People born under Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius tended towards extroversion, whereas those born under Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces were more likely to be introverts Our school dramas tend toward comedy and farce she tended towards belief in reincarnation intellectuals tend towards left wing views he tends towards fat
