attendre

[edit] French

attendre

(transitive) To wait for, to await.

J’attends mon cousin à la gare.

I am waiting for my cousin at the station.
To expect.

On attendait mieux de toi.

We expected more from you.

This verb is one of a fairly large group of -re verbs, sometimes called the regular -re verbs (-endre, -ondre, -andre, -erdre and -ordre), that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include vendre and perdre.

Conjugation of attendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		attendre			avoir attendu
gerund		en attendant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		attendant
past participle		attendu
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	attends	attends	attend	attendons	attendez	attendent
	imperfect	attendais	attendais	attendait	attendions	attendiez	attendaient
	past historic	attendis	attendis	attendit	attendîmes	attendîtes	attendirent
	future	attendrai	attendras	attendra	attendrons	attendrez	attendront
	conditional	attendrais	attendrais	attendrait	attendrions	attendriez	attendraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	attende	attendes	attende	attendions	attendiez	attendent
simple tenses	imperfect	attendisse	attendisses	attendît	attendissions	attendissiez	attendissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	attends	—	attendons	attendez	—

This is a false friend in French, and does not mean “to attend” under any circumstances.