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atrair

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin attrahere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧tra‧ir

Verb

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atrair (first-person singular present atraio, first-person singular preterite atraí, past participle atraído)

  1. 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.
  2. to amaze

Conjugation

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