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atentar.

to commit or attempt to commit (a crime motivated by ideology)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.tẽˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[a.tẽˈta(h)]Brazil/a.tẽˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[a.tẽˈta(h)]Brazil
  1. to commit or attempt to commit (a crime motivated by ideology)

  2. to do something that contravenes a convention, morality, religion, rights, etc.

    Atentar contra os direitos humanos.
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin attentāre (“to attempt; to attack”).

verb/a.tẽˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[a.tẽˈta(h)]Brazil/a.tẽˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[a.tẽˈta(h)]Brazil
  1. to pay attention to something

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin attentusbor. Portuguese atento Portuguese -ar Portuguese atentar From atento (“attentive”) + -ar.

verb/a.tẽˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[a.tẽˈta(h)]Brazil/a.tẽˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[a.tẽˈta(h)]Brazil
  1. to tempt (to provoke someone to do wrong)

  2. to bother; to irritate; to annoy

    informal
Where this word comes from

From a- + tentar (“to tempt”).

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