tendía
tendía is the third‑person singular (él/ella/usted) form of the Spanish verb tender in the imperfect indicative, as well as the first‑person singular (yo) form in the same tense. The verb tender carries several related meanings, including “to stretch, to spread, to lay out” (as in “tender una cuerda” – to stretch a rope) and “to tend, to care for” (as in “tender a los enfermos” – to tend to the sick). In the imperfect, tendía conveys an ongoing or habitual action in the past, such as “Él tendía la tela cada mañana” (He used to stretch the cloth every morning) or “Yo tendía el jardín antes de la lluvia” (I was tending the garden before the rain).
The conjugation follows the regular pattern of -er verbs in the imperfect: yo tendía, tú tendías, él/ella/usted