atrair
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Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- attrahir (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin attrahere, with change of conjugation.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: a‧tra‧ir
Verb
[edit]atrair (first-person singular present atraio, first-person singular preterite atraí, past participle atraído)
- to attract
- 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A tia Izabel [Aunt Izabel]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies][1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 174:
- A solteirona é pretenciosa, presumida, avida de attrahir a attenção.
- The single woman is pretentious, presumptuous, eager to attract attention.
- to amaze
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of atrair (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Derived terms
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