Meaning
to attract, draw
- to lure, entice
In a sentence
Quel negozio attira sempre tanti giovani.
That shop always attracts lots of young people.
Hai attirato il gatto con un po' di cibo?
Did you lure the cat with a bit of food?
Non voglio attirare troppa attenzione oggi.
I don't want to attract too much attention today.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| attirare | infinitive |
| attiriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| attiro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| attirate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| attiri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| attirano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| attira | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| attiravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| attiravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| attiravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| attiravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| attiravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| attirava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| attirammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| attirai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| attiraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| attirasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| attirarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| attirò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| attireremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| attirerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| attirerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| attirerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| attireranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| attirerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| attiriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| attiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| attiriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| attiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| attirino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| attiri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| attirassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| attirassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| attiraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| attirassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| attirassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| attirasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| attireremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| attirerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| attirereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| attireresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| attirerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| attirerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| attiriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| attirate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| attira | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| attirando | gerund |
| attirato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use attirare for drawing attention, interest, customers, or physical force. For seducing a person, sedurre is often more specific.
- It is regular: attiro, attiri, attira. Past participle attirato. Compound tenses usually take avere: ho attirato molti clienti.
- Common pattern: attirare qualcuno/qualcosa a or verso something. Also frequent: attirare l'attenzione, attirare su di sé criticism or suspicion.