atentar
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from EsperantoCategory:Ido terms borrowed from Esperanto#ATENTARCategory:Ido terms derived from Esperanto#ATENTAR atenci, FrenchCategory:Ido terms borrowed from French#ATENTARCategory:Ido terms derived from French#ATENTAR attenter, ItalianCategory:Ido terms borrowed from Italian#ATENTARCategory:Ido terms derived from Italian#ATENTAR attentare, SpanishCategory:Ido terms borrowed from Spanish#ATENTARCategory:Ido terms derived from Spanish#ATENTAR atentar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tenˈtar/Category:Ido terms with IPA pronunciation#ATENTAR
Verb
atentar (present tense atentas, past tense atentis, future tense atentos, imperative atentez, conditional atentus)Category:Ido lemmas#ATENTARCategory:Ido verbs#ATENTARCategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#ATENTARCategory:Pages with entries#ATENTARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ATENTAR
- (transitiveCategory:Ido transitive verbs#ATENTAR) to attempt a crime, to attack, to assault
- 1908, Johann Baptiste Pinth, Jesu Kristo: sa biografio segun la quar evangelyi, page 11:
- Pos la morto di Herodes, anjelo di la Sinioro aparis en Egipto a Josef en sonjo, dicante: « Levez tu, prenez l['] infanto kun sa patrino e re-irez a lando Israel, nam ilta esas mortinta, qua atentis a la vivo di l['] infanto. »Category:Ido terms with quotations#ATENTARCategory:Requests for translations of Ido quotations#ATENTAR
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1913, Progreso, volume 5, page 362:
- Tale lu atentis la majesto di la Fundame[nto]: tamen lu « restis fidela », ed on ne exkomunikis lu!Category:Ido terms with quotations#ATENTARCategory:Requests for translations of Ido quotations#ATENTAR
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2007 March, 'Otegi: "Hispania devas pagar nula politikala preco ad ETA"', Adavane!, no. 20, page 11.
- Ti qui atentis ye la 11ma di marto volis mortigar la maxim granda nombro de personi, e pluse en treni qui transportis laboristi a lia laboreyi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
| present | past | future | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | atentar | atentir | atentor | ||||
| tense | atentas | atentis | atentos | ||||
| conditional | atentus | — | — | ||||
| imperative | atentez | — | — | ||||
| adjective active participle | atentanta | atentinta | atentonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | atentante | atentinte | atentonte | ||||
| nominal active participle |
singular | atentanto | atentinto | atentonto | |||
| plural | atentanti | atentinti | atentonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | atentata | atentita | atentota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | atentate | atentite | atentote | ||||
| nominal passive participle |
singular | atentato | atentito | atentoto | |||
| plural | atentati | atentiti | atentoti | ||||
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.tẽˈta(h)]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ATENTAR
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.tẽˈta(ɾ)/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ATENTAR
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.tẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.tẽˈta(χ)]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ATENTAR
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.tẽˈta(ɻ)/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#ATENTAR
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#ATENTAR attentāre (“to attempt; to attack”).
Verb
atentar (first-person singular present atento, first-person singular preterite atentei, past participle atentado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese verbs#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ATENTARCategory:Pages with entries#ATENTARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ATENTAR
- to commit or attempt to commit (a crime motivated by ideology)
- 1930 January 29, “A culpabilidade de dous deputados communistas [The culpability of two communist legislators]”, in Jornal do Brasil, volume 20, Rio de Janeiro, page 7:
- O orgão communista “L’Humanité” annuncia que acaba de ser reconhecida a culpabilidade dos deputados Cachin e Dariot, pertencentes á mesma facção partidaria e accusados de attentar contra a segurança do Estado.Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#ATENTAR
- The communist institution “L’Humanité” announces the culpability of legislators Cachin and Dariot, belonging to the same subdivision of the party and accused of attacking the State’s security, has just been recognized.
- to do something that contravenes a convention, morality, religion, rights, etc.
- Atentar contra os direitos humanos. ― To attack human rights.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#ATENTAR
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Etymology 2
From atento (“attentive”) + -arCategory:Portuguese terms suffixed with -ar#ATENTAR.
Verb
atentar (first-person singular present atento, first-person singular preterite atentei, past participle atentado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese verbs#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ATENTARCategory:Pages with entries#ATENTARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ATENTAR
- to pay attention to something
- Synonym: prestar atenção
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From a- + tentar (“to tempt”)Category:Portuguese terms prefixed with a-#TENTAR.
Verb
atentar (first-person singular present atento, first-person singular preterite atentei, past participle atentado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese verbs#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#ATENTARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ATENTARCategory:Pages with entries#ATENTARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ATENTAR
- to tempt (to provoke someone to do wrong)
- Synonym: tentar
- (informalCategory:Portuguese informal terms#ATENTAR) to bother; to irritate; to annoy
- Synonyms: aborrecer, importunar, incomodar, irritar, molestar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “atentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “atentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /atenˈtaɾ/ [a.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ATENTARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ATENTAR
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#ATENTARAudio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#ATENTARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables#ATENTAR
- Syllabification: a‧ten‧tar
Etymology 1
From LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#ATENTAR attentāre.
Verb
atentar (first-person singular present atento, first-person singular preterite atenté, past participle atentado)Category:Spanish lemmas#ATENTARCategory:Spanish verbs#ATENTARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#ATENTARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ATENTARCategory:Pages with entries#ATENTARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ATENTAR
- (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#ATENTAR) to commit a violent or criminal attack, to strike
- La banda terrorista atentó de nuevo.
- The terrorist group struck again.
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Spanish entries#ATENTAR
Verb
atentar (first-person singular present atiento, first-person singular preterite atenté, past participle atentado)Category:Spanish lemmas#ATENTARCategory:Spanish verbs#ATENTARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#ATENTARCategory:Spanish verbs with e-ie alternation#ATENTARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ATENTARCategory:Pages with entries#ATENTARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ATENTAR
- (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#ATENTAR, obsoleteCategory:Spanish terms with obsolete senses#ATENTAR) to touch
- synonym of tentar
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
- “atentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025