atenuante

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.te.nuˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [a.te.nʊˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /a.teˈnwɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.te.nuˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [a.te.nʊˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /a.teˈnwɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.te.nuˈɐ̃.te/ [a.te.nʊˈɐ̃.te], (faster pronunciation) /a.teˈnwɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɨˈnwɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: a‧te‧nu‧an‧te

Adjective

atenuante m or f (plural atenuantes)

1. mitigating; attenuating; extenuating (that lessens severity)

   Synonyms: mitigador, mitigante

Noun

atenuante f (plural atenuantes)

1. (law) extenuating circumstance (any fact that mitigates or lessens a crime)

   Antonym: agravante

Spanish

Etymology

From atenuar +‎ -ante.

Adjective

atenuante m or f (masculine and feminine plural atenuantes)

1. extenuating

Further reading

• “atenuante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10