atenuante
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
Hyphenation: a‧te‧nu‧an‧te
=== Adjective ===
atenuante m or f (plural atenuantes)
mitigating; attenuating; extenuating (that lessens severity)
Synonyms: mitigador, mitigante
=== Noun ===
atenuante f (plural atenuantes)
(law) extenuating circumstance (any fact that mitigates or lessens a crime)
Antonym: agravante
=== Further reading ===
“atenuante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“atenuante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== 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)
extenuating
=== Further reading ===
“atenuante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025