desatento

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zaˈtẽ.tu/, /de.zaˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐˈtẽ.tu/

Adjective

desatento (feminine desatenta, masculine plural desatentos, feminine plural desatentas)

1. absent-minded

   Synonyms: distraído, abstrato

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Spanish des-

Spanish des-

Latin attentuslbor.

Spanish atento

Spanish desatento

From des- + atento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desaˈtento/ [d̪e.saˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: de‧sa‧ten‧to

Adjective

desatento (feminine desatenta, masculine plural desatentos, feminine plural desatentas)

1. inattentive, careless

Further reading

• “desatento”, 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