pay attention

pay attention

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

pay attention (third-person singular simple present pays attention, present participle paying attention, simple past and past participle paid attention)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.

   Please pay attention to the danger signs.

Synonyms

• (to attend): give heed, pay heed, pick up what someone is putting down, take heed

Translations

to be attentive

Arabic: أَعَارَ اِنْتِبَاه‎ (ʾaʿāra intibāh) Azerbaijani: fikir vermək (az), diqqət yetirmək, diqqətli olmaq Bashkir: иғтибар итеү (iğtibar itew) Belarusian: звярта́ць ува́гу impf (zvjartácʹ uváhu) Bulgarian: насочвам внимание (nasočvam vnimanie) Catalan: prestar atenció Chinese: Cantonese: 注意 (zyu3 ji3) (take notice of), 睬 (coi2) (acknowledge), 理 (lei5) (tend to; care about), 理睬 (lei5 coi2) Mandarin: 注意 (zh) (zhùyì), 注重 (zh) (zhùzhòng) Czech: dávat pozor (cs) impf, věnovat pozornost pf Dutch: opletten (nl) Esperanto: atenti Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: huomioida (fi), kiinnittää huomiota French: prêter attention (fr) (à), faire attention (fr), être attentif Galician: prestar atención German: beachten (de), achten (de), achtgeben (de), aufpassen (de), Aufmerksamkeit schenken Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽 (mundōn) Greek: προσέχω (el) (prosécho), δίνω σημασία (díno simasía) Hindi: (पर (par)) ध्यान देना (dhyān denā) Hungarian: figyel (hu) Ido: atencar (io) Irish: tabhair aird Italian: prestare attenzione (it), fare attenzione, dare retta Japanese: 注意を払う (ちゅういをはらう, chūi o harau) Khmer: យកចិត្តទុកដាក់ (yɔɔk cət tuk dak) Korean: 주의를 기울이다 (juuireul giurida) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: bo xwe kirin xem (ku) Ladino: azer atansyon, azer dikat Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: animadverto (la), aspecto, attendō, audio (la) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: обраќа внимание impf (obraḱa vnimanie) Maori: matenui, mātorotoro, whakapaepae Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: følge med Polish: zwracać uwagę (pl) impf, zwrócić uwagę (pl) pf Portuguese: prestar atenção Romagnol: abadêr Romanian: acorda atenție, fi atent la, da atenție Russian: обраща́ть внима́ние impf (obraščátʹ vnimánije), обрати́ть внима́ние pf (obratítʹ vnimánije) (на (na)) Slovak: dávať pozor impf, venovať pozornosť pf Spanish: prestar la atención (to a person), poner la atención (to an idea or thing), tomar en cuenta, pescar (es) (colloquial), prestar atención (es), estar pendiente, estar atento m, atender (es) Tamil: கவனி (ta) (kavaṉi) Thai: ระวัง (th) (rá-wang) Turkish: dikkatini vermek Ukrainian: зверта́ти ува́гу impf (zvertáty uváhu) Vietnamese: chú ý (vi)