atenuante
Portuguese, noun/a.te.nuˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
atenuante is spelled A-T-E-N-U-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 84,550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atenuante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “extenuating circumstance (any fact that mitigates or lessens a crime)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que atenua, que diminui a gravidade ou a intensidade de algo”.
What does atenuante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemitigating; attenuating; extenuating (that lessens severity)
noun
- 1
feminineextenuating circumstance (any fact that mitigates or lessens a crime)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que atenua, que diminui a gravidade ou a intensidade de algo
noun: 1. aquele que atenua, que diminui a gravidade ou a intensidade de algo
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 atenuante
- atenuantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atenuante?
- Brazil /a.te.nuˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /a.teˈnwɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɐ.tɨˈnwɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atenuante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atenuante in Portuguese?
atenuante appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).