atenuante

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ateˈnwante/ [a.t̪eˈnwãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: a‧te‧nuan‧te

Adjective

atenuante m or f (masculine and feminine plural atenuantes)

  1. extenuating

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