atender
Portuguese, verb/a.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
atender is spelled A-T-E-N-D-E-R (7 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,623rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to answer (the phone, the door)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar atenção a, ouvir”.
What does atender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to answer (the phone, the door)
- 2
to serve or answer (at a service counter or help desk)
- 3
to take into account; to consider
- 4
to meet, conform to, deal with or cater to (circumstances, requirements or expectations)
- 5
to suit or accommodate (limitations, requirements or expectations)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar atenção a, ouvir 2. esperar 3. puxar o telefone do gancho e se dirigir a pessoa que está a tentar comunicar-se por aquele canal de comunicação 4. dirigir-se a quem que por um meio de chamamento se faz notar a presença junto à porta
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 atender
- atendo first-person present singular
- atendi first-person preterite singular
- atendido participle past
- atenderes infinitive second-person singular
- atendermos first-person infinitive plural
- atenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- atenderem infinitive plural third-person
- atendendo gerund
- atendidos masculine participle past
- atendida feminine participle past
- atendidas feminine participle past
- atendes indicative present second-person
- atende indicative present singular
- atendemos first-person indicative plural
- atendeis indicative plural present
- atendem indicative plural present
- atendia first-person imperfect indicative
- atendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atender?
- Brazil /a.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.tẽˈde(h)]
- Portugal /ɐ.tẽ.ˈdeɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atender in Portuguese?
atender appears 35 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).