"pay attention" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pay attention.ogg [Australia] Forms: pays attention [present, singular, third-person], paying attention [participle, present], paid attention [participle, past], paid attention [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> attention}} pay attention (third-person singular simple present pays attention, present participle paying attention, simple past and past participle paid attention)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Hyponyms: listen, look, spot Related terms: heads up Translations (to be attentive): gee aandag (Afrikaans), أَعَارَ اِنْتِبَاه (ʔaʕāra intibāh) (Arabic), fikir vermək (Azerbaijani), diqqət yetirmək (Azerbaijani), diqqətli olmaq (Azerbaijani), иғтибар итеү (iğtibar itew) (Bashkir), звярта́ць ува́гу (zvjartácʹ uváhu) [imperfective] (Belarusian), насочвам внимание (nasočvam vnimanie) (Bulgarian), prestar atenció (Catalan), 注意 (zyu³ ji³) (english: take notice of) (Chinese Cantonese), (coi²) (english: acknowledge) (Chinese Cantonese), (lei⁵) (english: tend to; care about) (Chinese Cantonese), 理睬 (lei⁵ coi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 注意 (zhùyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 注重 (zhùzhòng) (Chinese Mandarin), dávat pozor [imperfective] (Czech), věnovat pozornost [perfective] (Czech), opletten (Dutch), atenti (Esperanto), guuse (Farefare), huomioida (Finnish), kiinnittää huomiota (Finnish), prêter attention (à) (French), faire attention (French), être attentif (French), prestar atención (Galician), facer atención (Galician), beachten (German), achten (German), achtgeben (German), aufpassen (German), Aufmerksamkeit schenken (German), 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽 (mundōn) (Gothic), προσέχω (prosécho) (Greek), δίνω σημασία (díno simasía) (Greek), ध्यान देना (dhyān denā) (alt: पर (par)) (Hindi), figyel (Hungarian), atencar (Ido), tabhair aird (Irish), prestare attenzione (Italian), fare attenzione (Italian), dare retta (Italian), 注意を払う (chūi o harau) (alt: ちゅういをはらう) (Japanese), យកចិត្តទុកដាក់ (yɔɔk cət tuk dak) (Khmer), 주의를 기울이다 (juuireul giurida) (Korean), azer atansyon (Ladino), azer dikat (Ladino), animadverto (Latin), aspecto (Latin), attendō (Latin), audio (Latin), обраќа внимание (obraḱa vnimanie) [imperfective] (Macedonian), matenui (Maori), mātorotoro (Maori), whakapaepae (Maori), bo xwe kirin xem (Northern Kurdish), følge med (Norwegian Bokmål), zwracać uwagę [imperfective] (Polish), zwrócić uwagę [perfective] (Polish), prestar atenção (Portuguese), abadêr (Romagnol), acorda atenție (Romanian), fi atent la (Romanian), da atenție (Romanian), обраща́ть внима́ние (obraščátʹ vnimánije) [imperfective] (Russian), обрати́ть внима́ние (obratítʹ vnimánije) (alt: на (na)) [perfective] (Russian), dávať pozor [imperfective] (Slovak), venovať pozornosť [perfective] (Slovak), prestar la atención (english: to a person) (Spanish), poner la atención (english: to an idea or thing) (Spanish), tomar en cuenta (Spanish), pescar [colloquial] (Spanish), prestar atención (Spanish), estar pendiente (Spanish), estar atento [masculine] (Spanish), atender (Spanish), கவனி (kavaṉi) (Tamil), ระวัง (rá-wang) (Thai), dikkatini vermek (Turkish), зверта́ти ува́гу (zvertáty uváhu) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), chú ý (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to attend",
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "gee aandag"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaʕāra intibāh",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "أَعَارَ اِنْتِبَاه"
        },
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "fikir vermək"
        },
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
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        },
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
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          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
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          "sense": "to be attentive",
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          "roman": "zvjartácʹ uváhu",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nasočvam vnimanie",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "насочвам внимание"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "prestar atenció"
        },
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          "code": "yue",
          "english": "take notice of",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "zyu³ ji³",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "注意"
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          "code": "yue",
          "english": "acknowledge",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "coi²",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "睬"
        },
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          "code": "yue",
          "english": "tend to; care about",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "lei⁵",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "理"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "lei⁵ coi²",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "理睬"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhùyì",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "注意"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhùzhòng",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "注重"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dávat pozor"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "věnovat pozornost"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "opletten"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "atenti"
        },
        {
          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "guuse"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "huomioida"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "kiinnittää huomiota"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "prêter attention (à)"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "faire attention"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "être attentif"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "prestar atención"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "facer atención"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "beachten"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "achten"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "achtgeben"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "aufpassen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "Aufmerksamkeit schenken"
        },
        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "mundōn",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "prosécho",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "προσέχω"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "díno simasía",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "δίνω σημασία"
        },
        {
          "alt": "पर (par)",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dhyān denā",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "ध्यान देना"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "figyel"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "atencar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "tabhair aird"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "prestare attenzione"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "fare attenzione"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "dare retta"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ちゅういをはらう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chūi o harau",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "注意を払う"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "yɔɔk cət tuk dak",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "យកចិត្តទុកដាក់"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "juuireul giurida",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "주의를 기울이다"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "bo xwe kirin xem"
        },
        {
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "azer atansyon"
        },
        {
          "code": "lad",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "azer dikat"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "animadverto"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "aspecto"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "attendō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "audio"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "obraḱa vnimanie",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обраќа внимание"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "matenui"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "mātorotoro"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "whakapaepae"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "følge med"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zwracać uwagę"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zwrócić uwagę"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "prestar atenção"
        },
        {
          "code": "rgn",
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "abadêr"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "acorda atenție"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "fi atent la"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "da atenție"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obraščátʹ vnimánije",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обраща́ть внима́ние"
        },
        {
          "alt": "на (na)",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obratítʹ vnimánije",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обрати́ть внима́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dávať pozor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "venovať pozornosť"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "to a person",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "prestar la atención"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "to an idea or thing",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "poner la atención"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "tomar en cuenta"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "pescar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "prestar atención"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "estar pendiente"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "estar atento"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "atender"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "kavaṉi",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "கவனி"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rá-wang",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "ระวัง"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "dikkatini vermek"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zvertáty uváhu",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "зверта́ти ува́гу"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to be attentive",
          "word": "chú ý"
        }
      ]
    }
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          "text": "Please pay attention to the danger signs.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 54",
          "text": "Just south of Wamphray station they overtook the runaway. The dim figure of Mitchell could be seen sitting huddled behind the stormboard. They shouted and whistled. He paid no attention.",
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      "sense": "to attend",
      "word": "give heed"
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      "sense": "to attend",
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    {
      "sense": "to attend",
      "word": "pick up what someone is putting down"
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      "sense": "to attend",
      "word": "take heed"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "attend"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
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      "word": "clock"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "word": "consider"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "word": "heed"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "word": "let in on"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "word": "mark"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mind"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "word": "notice"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pass"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "word": "pay attention"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "word": "privy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "word": "regard"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "word": "take note"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:pay attention",
      "word": "take notice"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "gee aandag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaʕāra intibāh",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "أَعَارَ اِنْتِبَاه"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "fikir vermək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "diqqət yetirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "diqqətli olmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "iğtibar itew",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "иғтибар итеү"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zvjartácʹ uváhu",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "звярта́ць ува́гу"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasočvam vnimanie",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "насочвам внимание"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "prestar atenció"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "take notice of",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zyu³ ji³",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "注意"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "acknowledge",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "coi²",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "睬"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "tend to; care about",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lei⁵",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "理"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lei⁵ coi²",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "理睬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhùyì",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "注意"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhùzhòng",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "注重"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dávat pozor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "věnovat pozornost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "opletten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "atenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "guuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "huomioida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "kiinnittää huomiota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "prêter attention (à)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "faire attention"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "être attentif"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "prestar atención"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "facer atención"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "beachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "achten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "achtgeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "aufpassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "Aufmerksamkeit schenken"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "mundōn",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prosécho",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "προσέχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "díno simasía",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "δίνω σημασία"
    },
    {
      "alt": "पर (par)",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dhyān denā",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "ध्यान देना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "figyel"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "atencar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "tabhair aird"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "prestare attenzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "fare attenzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "dare retta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちゅういをはらう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūi o harau",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "注意を払う"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "yɔɔk cət tuk dak",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "យកចិត្តទុកដាក់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "juuireul giurida",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "주의를 기울이다"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "bo xwe kirin xem"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "azer atansyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "azer dikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "animadverto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "aspecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "attendō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "audio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "obraḱa vnimanie",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обраќа внимание"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "matenui"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "mātorotoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "whakapaepae"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "følge med"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zwracać uwagę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zwrócić uwagę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "prestar atenção"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "abadêr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "acorda atenție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "fi atent la"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "da atenție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obraščátʹ vnimánije",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обраща́ть внима́ние"
    },
    {
      "alt": "на (na)",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obratítʹ vnimánije",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обрати́ть внима́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dávať pozor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "venovať pozornosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "to a person",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "prestar la atención"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "to an idea or thing",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "poner la atención"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "tomar en cuenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "pescar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "prestar atención"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "estar pendiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estar atento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "atender"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kavaṉi",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "கவனி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rá-wang",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "ระวัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "dikkatini vermek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvertáty uváhu",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зверта́ти ува́гу"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to be attentive",
      "word": "chú ý"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay attention"
}

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