propender

From Latin prōpendēre.

• IPA^(key): /pɾopenˈdeɾ/ [pɾo.pẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧pen‧der

propender (first-person singular present propendo, first-person singular preterite propendí, past participle propendido)

1. (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.

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• “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], 10 December 2024