atento
Spanish, adjective
atento is spelled A-T-E-N-T-O (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,116th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atento is a Spanish adjective meaning “attentive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of atentar (“to attack, to strike”). With an accent, atentó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of atentar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que concentra sus facultades mentales en una cosa”.
What does atento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
attentive
- 2
polite, courteous
- 3
thoughtful
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of atentar (“to attack, to strike”)
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of atentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que concentra sus facultades mentales en una cosa. 2. De trato amable y cortés.
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 atento
- atenta feminine
- atentos masculine plural
- atentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to atento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atento in Spanish?
atento appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).