llamar la atención

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /ʝaˌmaɾ la atenˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /ʎaˌmaɾ la atenˈθjon/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /ʝaˌmaɾ la atenˈsjon/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ʎaˌmaɾ la atenˈsjon/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˌmaɾ la atenˈsjon/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˌmaɾ la atenˈsjon/

  • Syllabification: lla‧mar la a‧ten‧ción

Verb

llamar la atención (first-person singular present llamo la atención, first-person singular preterite llamé la atención, past participle llamado la atención)

  1. (idiomatic) to attract attention, draw attention

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