atenção
Portuguese, noun/a.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
atenção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “attention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cuidado, aplicação”.
What does atenção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineattention
- 2
femininethoughtfulness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. serve para colocar os soldados em prontidão para receber ordens
noun: 1. cuidado, aplicação 2. consideração, cortesia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of atenção
- atenções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atenção?
- Brazil /a.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atenção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atenção in Portuguese?
atenção appears 234 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).