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atenido

Spanish, adjective/ateˈnido/

atenido is spelled A-T-E-N-I-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 191,875th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atenido is a Spanish adjective meaning “negligent; careless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of atener.

What does atenido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    negligent; careless

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of atener

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Participio de atener.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of atenido

  • atenida feminine
  • atenidos masculine plural
  • atenidas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce atenido?

  • /ateˈnido/
  • [a.t̪eˈni.ð̞o]
  • [at̪eˈnið̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to atenido

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is atenido in Spanish?

atenido appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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