atender
/atenˈdeɾ/ · A2 · verb
to pay attention to
🩺 atender = attend TO: a false friend that means look after, not show up
From Latin attendere, to stretch toward (ad + tendere). English attend kept the turning-up sense; Spanish kept the stretching-toward sense: heed, serve, care for. To attend a class is asistir, so the pair swaps roles.