atento

From atenta +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /aˈtento/

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧ten‧to

atento (accusative singular atenton, plural atentoj, accusative plural atentojn)

1. attention

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: a‧ten‧to

Borrowed from Latin attentus.

atento (feminine atenta, masculine plural atentos, feminine plural atentas, comparable, comparative mais atento, superlative o mais atento or atentíssimo)

1. attentive

   Antonym: desatento

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

atento

1. first-person singular present indicative of atentar

• “atento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “atento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /aˈtento/ [aˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: a‧ten‧to

Borrowed from Latin attentus.^[1]

atento (feminine atenta, masculine plural atentos, feminine plural atentas)

1. attentive

   Synonyms: interesado, (colloquial) al loro

2. polite, courteous

   Synonyms: cordial, cortés, educado

3. thoughtful

   Synonym: considerado

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

atento

1. first-person singular present indicative of atentar (“to attack, to strike”)

• “atento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

atento (feminine singular atenta, masculine plural atenti, feminine plural atente)

1. careful, attentive

   Synonym: tento