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le prestó atención a

paid attention to

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paid attention to The phrase prestar atención a literally means “to lend attention to,” but its natural English equivalent is “to pay attention to.” The pronoun le indicates the person or thing receiving the attention, and prestó can change to match the tense and subject.
SP: Nadie le prestó atención a la advertencia.
EN: Nobody paid attention to the warning.

Le prestó atención a cada palabra que le dijo su madre antes de irse.

He paid attention to every word his mother said to him before leaving.

Parece que nadie le prestó atención a lo que él dijo.

It seems that nobody paid attention to what he said.

Ella no le prestó atención a lo que dijo su padre.

She didn't pay attention to what her father said.

Él no le prestó atención a lo que ella dijo.

He didn't pay attention to what she said.