atrair

atrair (first-person singular present atraio, first-person singular preterite atraim or atraí, past participle atraído, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of atraer

• “atrair”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

• attrahir (pre-standardization spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin attrahere, with change of conjugation.

• Hyphenation: a‧tra‧ir

atrair (first-person singular present atraio, first-person singular preterite atraí, past participle atraído)

1. to attract
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A tia Izabel [Aunt Izabel]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 174:

     A solteirona é pretenciosa, presumida, avida de attrahir a attenção.

     The single woman is pretentious, presumptuous, eager to attract attention.

2. to amaze

• atraído

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