propender
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin prōpendēre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpropender (first-person singular present propendo, first-person singular preterite propendí, past participle propendido)
- (intransitive) to be inclined to
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 276:
- Propende a la desgracia llevar monedas de cobre en el bolsillo; el cobre indica pobreza y necesidad.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of propender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “propender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10