slow down

English

Verb

slow down (third-person singular simple present slows down, present participle slowing down, simple past and past participle slowed down)

1. (idiomatic) decelerate

   When approaching a bend in the road, slow down, and speed up after exiting it.

Synonyms

• slow up

Antonyms

• speed up

Translations

to reduce speed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減速 (cmn), 减速 (cmn) (jiǎnsù), 放慢 (cmn) (fàngmàn)

• Czech: zpomalit (cs)
• Dutch: afremmen (nl)
• Finnish: hidastaa (fi)
• French: ralentir (fr)
• German: verlangsamen (de)

• Italian: rallentare (it)
• Romanian: încetini (ro)
• Russian: замедлять (ru) (zamedljátʹ) impf., замедлить (ru) (zamédlitʹ) pf. (transitive), снижать скорость (ru) (snižátʹ skórostʹ) impf., снизить скорость (ru) (snízitʹ skórostʹ) pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: uspòriti (sh) pf., usporávati (sh) impf.
• Spanish: desacelerar (es)

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