atenção
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin attentiōnem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: a‧ten‧ção
Noun
atenção f (plural atenções)
- attention
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:
- Quero conversar com os senhores e exijo sua total e absoluta atenção.
- I want to talk with you and I demand your total and absolute attention.
- thoughtfulness
Further reading
- “atenção” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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