"attract attention" meaning in All languages combined

See attract attention on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: attracts attention [present, singular, third-person], attracting attention [participle, present], attracted attention [participle, past], attracted attention [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} attract attention (third-person singular simple present attracts attention, present participle attracting attention, simple past and past participle attracted attention)
  1. Tags: no-gloss, translation-hub Related terms: stand out, show off, brag Translations (attract attention): ուշադրություն գրավել (ušadrutʻyun gravel) (Armenian), cridar l'atenció (Catalan), 吸引眼球 (xīyǐn yǎnqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), 引起注意 (yǐnqǐ zhùyì) (Chinese Mandarin), opvallen (Dutch), herättää huomiota (Finnish), attirer l'attention (French), se faire remarquer (French), auf sich aufmerksam machen (German), felhívja magára a figyelmet (Hungarian), magára vonja a figyelmet (Hungarian), figyelmet kelt (Hungarian), zwracać uwagę [imperfective] (Polish), zwrócić uwagę [perfective] (Polish), chamar atenção (Portuguese), atraer la atención (Spanish), dra till sig uppmärksamhet (Swedish), fånga uppmärksamhet (Swedish), väcka uppmärksamhet (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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