- atento2
- 2 = attentive, considerate, obliging, kind [kinder -comp., kindest -sup.].Ex. Thus in an attentive reader literature is expansive, visionary, challenging, subversive, in the true and best sense.Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.Ex. There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.Ex. I would like to extend my thanks to our host who was kind enough to invite me.
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.