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atent
attentive /aˈtent/
adjective#663 most common
Also: careful, considerate
Example sentences
El este atent.
He is attentive.
Fii atent la drum!
Pay attention to the road!
Ea a fost mereu atentă cu detaliile.
She was always attentive to details.
Profesorul le-a cerut elevilor să fie atenți la explicații.
The teacher asked the students to be attentive to the explanations.
Deși părea distras, era de fapt foarte atent la fiecare cuvânt rostit.
Although he seemed distracted, he was actually very attentive to every word spoken.
Diplomatul, extrem de atent la nuanțele culturale, a reușit să evite un incident internațional.
The diplomat, extremely attentive to cultural nuances, managed to avoid an international incident.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | atent (m) / atentă (f) | atenți (m) / atente (f) |
| Genitive | atent (m) / atente (f) | atenți (m) / atente (f) |
| Accusative | atent (m) / atentă (f) | atenți (m) / atente (f) |
| Vocative | atent (m) / atentă (f) | atenți (m) / atente (f) |
Word family
atențieattention
atenționato alert, to warn
neatentinattentive, careless
atenționarea warning, a notice
Etymology
Atent comes from Latin attentus, the past participle of attendere, meaning to stretch toward or pay heed to. That verb combines the prefix ad- (toward) with tendere (to stretch). Romanian took the word as a direct borrowing, likely reinforced by French attentif, rather than building it from native roots.
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