attento

See also: attentò

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin attentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈtɛn.to/

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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/

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

Verb

attento

1. first-person singular present indicative of attentare

Anagrams

• nettato, nottate, ottante, tentato, tettona

Latin

Alternative forms

• adtemptō, adtentō, attemptō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Latin tentō

Latin attentō

From ad- + tentō (“handle, touch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [atˈtɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈtɛn.to]

Verb

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

1. to strive after, attempt, try, assay, solicit
2. to assail, attack
3. to 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		attentāre			attentārī			attentāns			—
future		attentātūrum esse			attentātum īrī			attentātūrus			attentandus
perfect		attentāvisse			attentātum esse			—			attentātus
future perfect		—			attentātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		attentātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• Sicilian: attintari
• 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.

Portuguese

Verb

attento

1. first-person singular present indicative of attentar