llamar la atención

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /ʝaˌmaɾ la atenˈθjon/ [ɟ͡ʝaˌmaɾ la a.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /ʎaˌmaɾ la atenˈθjon/ [ʎaˌmaɾ la a.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjõn]
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /ʝaˌmaɾ la atenˈsjon/ [ɟ͡ʝaˌmaɾ la a.t̪ẽnˈsjõn]
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /ʎaˌmaɾ la atenˈsjon/ [ʎaˌmaɾ la a.t̪ẽnˈsjõn]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaˌmaɾ la atenˈsjon/ [ʃaˌmaɾ la a.t̪ẽnˈsjõn]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaˌmaɾ la atenˈsjon/ [ʒaˌmaɾ la a.t̪ẽnˈsjõn]

  • 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

Further reading

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