tienden a

tend to

→ tender
phrase Rare #38,276
tend to Used to say that someone usually does something, or that something commonly happens.
SP: Los estudiantes tienden a estudiar más antes de los exámenes.
EN: Students tend to study more before exams.

Los ricos tienden a despreciar a los pobres.

The rich tend to look down on the poor.

Las mujeres tienden a hacer un mundo de nimiedades.

Women tend to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Los japoneses tienden a pensar de esa manera.

The Japanese tend to think that way.

Tienden a bajar el tono al final del verso.

They tend to lower their tone at the end of the verse.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

Los ancianos tienden a volver la mirada al pasado.

The elderly tend to look back to the past.

Muchos jóvenes tienden a cometer los mismos errores.

Many young people tend to make the same mistakes.