atenuante

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.te.nuˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [a.te.nʊˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /a.teˈnwɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.te.nuˈɐ̃.te/ [a.te.nʊˈɐ̃.te], (faster pronunciation) /a.teˈnwɐ̃.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɨˈnwɐ̃.tɨ/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
Hyphenation: a‧te‧nu‧an‧te

Adjective

atenuante m or f (plural atenuantes)

mitigating; attenuating; extenuating (that lessens severity)
Synonyms: mitigador, mitigante

Noun

atenuante f (plural atenuantes)

(law) extenuating circumstance (any fact that mitigates or lessens a crime)

Spanish

Etymology

From atenuar +‎ -ante.

Adjective

atenuante m or f (masculine and feminine plural atenuantes)

extenuating

Further reading

“atenuante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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