atenção

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attentio, attentionem.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐtẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌa.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
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.

Related terms

Further reading

atenção in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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