lentamente

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician lento

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mente

Old Galician-Portuguese -mente

Galician -mente

Galician lentamente

From lento + -mente.

Adverb

lentamente

1. slowly

   Antonym: rapidamente

Further reading

• “lentamente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

From lento (“slow”) +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /len.taˈmen.te/

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• IPA^(key): /ˌlɛn.taˈmen.te/
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: len‧ta‧mén‧te

Adverb

lentamente (superlative lentissimamente)

1. slowly

   Antonyms: velocemente, rapidamente

Portuguese

Etymology

From lenta +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌlẽ.taˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌlẽ.tɐˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: len‧ta‧men‧te

Adverb

lentamente (comparable, comparative mais lentamente, superlative o mais lentamente)

1. slowly

   Synonyms: devagar, vagarosamente

   Antonyms: rápido, rapidamente, (informal) vapt vupt

Further reading

• “lentamente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

From lent +‎ -amente.

Adverb

lentamente

1. slowly

References

• lentamente in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lent-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *lentos

Latin lentusbor.

Spanish lento

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *méntis

Proto-Italic *mentis

Latin mēns

Old Spanish -mente

Spanish -mente

Spanish lentamente

From lento + -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlentaˈmente/ [ˌlẽn̪.t̪aˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: len‧ta‧men‧te

Adverb

lentamente

1. slowly

   Synonym: despacio

Further reading

• “lentamente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025