не обращал

didn't pay attention

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didn't pay attention Used with на кого or на что and the genitive of внимание: не обращал внимания на него means “didn't pay attention to him.” The form обращал is masculine singular past tense.

RU: Я не обращал внимания на шум.

EN: I didn't pay attention to the noise.

Том не обращал на меня внимания.

Tom didn't pay attention to me.

Я просто не обращал внимания.

I just wasn't paying attention.

Никто не обращал на него внимания.

Nobody paid any attention to him.

А я не обращал на него внимания.

But I didn't pay any attention to him.

— Жан Де Флоретт (1986)

На вашем месте я бы не обращал на это внимания.

If I were you, I wouldn’t pay any attention to it.

Ни один из мальчиков не обращал на Мэри внимания.

None of the boys paid any attention to Mary.

Ты не обращал на меня никакого внимания.

You didn't pay any attention to me.

Просто раньше не обращал внимание.

I just hadn't noticed before.

— Бешеные псы (1992)

Никто не обращал на это внимания.

Nobody paid any attention to it.