attento

attento

See also: attentò

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin attentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈtɛn.to/[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: at‧tèn‧to

Adjective

attento (feminine attenta, masculine plural attenti, feminine plural attente, superlative attentissimo)

1. careful, close, focusing
2. attentive, intent, watchful, alert
3. mindful, heedful

Derived terms

• attentamente
• attenti
• attenzione

 

Interjection

attento

1. watch out!; look out!; take care!; mind!; careful!; be careful
2. caution

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈtɛn.to/, /atˈten.to/[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
• Hyphenation: at‧tèn‧to, at‧tén‧to

Verb

attento

1. first-person singular present indicative of attentare

References

1. attento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• nettato, nottate, ottante, tentato, tettona

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Latin

Alternative forms

• adtemptō, adtentō, attemptō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ tentō (“handle, touch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /atˈten.toː/, [ät̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈten.to/, [ät̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]

Verb

attentō (present infinitive attentāre, perfect active attentāvī, supine attentātum); first conjugation

1. I strive after, attempt, try, assay, solicit.
2. I assail, attack.
3. I seek to defile or pollute.

Conjugation

Conjugation of attentō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	attentō	attentās	attentat	attentāmus	attentātis	attentant
	imperfect	attentābam	attentābās	attentābat	attentābāmus	attentābātis	attentābant
	future	attentābō	attentābis	attentābit	attentābimus	attentābitis	attentābunt
	perfect	attentāvī	attentāvistī	attentāvit	attentāvimus	attentāvistis	attentāvērunt, attentāvēre
	pluperfect	attentāveram	attentāverās	attentāverat	attentāverāmus	attentāverātis	attentāverant
	future perfect	attentāverō	attentāveris	attentāverit	attentāverimus	attentāveritis	attentāverint
passive	present	attentor	attentāris, attentāre	attentātur	attentāmur	attentāminī	attentantur
	imperfect	attentābar	attentābāris, attentābāre	attentābātur	attentābāmur	attentābāminī	attentābantur
	future	attentābor	attentāberis, attentābere	attentābitur	attentābimur	attentābiminī	attentābuntur
	perfect	attentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	attentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	attentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	attentem	attentēs	attentet	attentēmus	attentētis	attentent
	imperfect	attentārem	attentārēs	attentāret	attentārēmus	attentārētis	attentārent
	perfect	attentāverim	attentāverīs	attentāverit	attentāverīmus	attentāverītis	attentāverint
	pluperfect	attentāvissem	attentāvissēs	attentāvisset	attentāvissēmus	attentāvissētis	attentāvissent
passive	present	attenter	attentēris, attentēre	attentētur	attentēmur	attentēminī	attententur
	imperfect	attentārer	attentārēris, attentārēre	attentārētur	attentārēmur	attentārēminī	attentārentur
	perfect	attentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	attentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	attentā	—	—	attentāte	—
	future	—	attentātō	attentātō	—	attentātōte	attentantō
passive	present	—	attentāre	—	—	attentāminī	—
	future	—	attentātor	attentātor	—	—	attentantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		attentāre	attentāvisse	attentātūrum esse	attentārī	attentātum esse	attentātum īrī
participles		attentāns	—	attentātūrus	—	attentātus	attentandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		attentandī	attentandō	attentandum	attentandō	attentātum	attentātū

Derived terms

• attentātiō

Descendants

• French: attenter
• Italian: attentare
• Portuguese: atentar
• Romanian: atenta
• Spanish: atentar

References

• “attento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “attento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• attento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Verb

attento

1. first-person singular present indicative of attentar