tento
Portuguese, noun/ˈtẽ.tu/
tento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “attention, cautiousness, prudence, care” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atenção”.
What does tento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineattention, cautiousness, prudence, care
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. atenção
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 tento
- tentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tento?
- Brazil /ˈtẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈtẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tento in Portuguese?
tento appears 20 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).