verb/atenˈdeɾ/
to pay attention to (something); to attend to (something); to care for (someone, especially the ill); to comply with (some rule); to pay attention; to mind; to answer (the phone)
“atender a alguien” — to pay attention to someone
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin attendere Spanish atender Inherited from Latin attendere.