lento

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian lento.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lento (comparative more lento, superlative most lento)

  1. (music) Slow (45–60 bpm). [since 1724]

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

lento (plural lentos)

  1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  2. ^ “lento”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lento

  1. neuter of lentu

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈlento]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: len‧to

Noun[edit]

lento (accusative singular lenton, plural lentoj, accusative plural lentojn)

  1. lentil (plant, seed)

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlento/, [ˈle̞n̪t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: len‧to

Etymology 1[edit]

From lentää (“to fly”) +‎ -o.

Noun[edit]

lento

  1. flying, flight (act of flying or being in the air)
  2. flight (of an aircraft, other flying vehicle or spacecraft)
  3. (figuratively) flight (fast and/or smooth movement)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of lento (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)
nominative lento lennot
genitive lennon lentojen
partitive lentoa lentoja
illative lentoon lentoihin
singular plural
nominative lento lennot
accusative nom. lento lennot
gen. lennon
genitive lennon lentojen
partitive lentoa lentoja
inessive lennossa lennoissa
elative lennosta lennoista
illative lentoon lentoihin
adessive lennolla lennoilla
ablative lennolta lennoilta
allative lennolle lennoille
essive lentona lentoina
translative lennoksi lennoiksi
instructive — lennoin
abessive lennotta lennoitta
comitative — lentoineen
Possessive forms of lento (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person lentoni lentomme
2nd person lentosi lentonne
3rd person lentonsa
Derived terms[edit]
Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowing from Italian lento.

Adverb[edit]

lento

  1. (music) lento (slowly)

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian lento. Doublet of lent.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

lento

  1. (music) slowly; lento

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin lentus. The main sense of "slow" may be a learned one, as opposed to the original inherited meaning of "wet, humid", "moistened, soft", also found in the Old Spanish equivalent. Compare also Portuguese lento, Asturian llentu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lento m (feminine singular lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas)

  1. slow
    Synonyms: tardo, vagaroso
    Antonym: rápido
  2. soft, not firm
  3. wet, humid, moist, damp, covered in mold

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “lento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
  • “lento” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
  • “lento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “lento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “lento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “lento” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Ingrian[edit]

Noun[edit]

lento

  1. flight (the act of flying)

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lentus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lenti, feminine plural lente, superlative lentissimo)

  1. slow
    Antonyms: svelto, veloce

Related terms[edit]

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lento

  1. ablative/dative neuter/masculine singular of lentus

Verb[edit]

lentō (present infinitive lentāre, perfect active lentāvī, supine lentātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) I bend under strain, I flex

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of lentō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lentō lentās lentat lentāmus lentātis lentant
imperfect lentābam lentābās lentābat lentābāmus lentābātis lentābant
future lentābō lentābis lentābit lentābimus lentābitis lentābunt
perfect lentāvī lentāvistī lentāvit lentāvimus lentāvistis lentāvērunt,
lentāvēre
pluperfect lentāveram lentāverās lentāverat lentāverāmus lentāverātis lentāverant
future perfect lentāverō lentāveris lentāverit lentāverimus lentāveritis lentāverint
passive present lentor lentāris,
lentāre 		lentātur lentāmur lentāminī lentantur
imperfect lentābar lentābāris,
lentābāre 		lentābātur lentābāmur lentābāminī lentābantur
future lentābor lentāberis,
lentābere 		lentābitur lentābimur lentābiminī lentābuntur
perfect lentātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lentem lentēs lentet lentēmus lentētis lentent
imperfect lentārem lentārēs lentāret lentārēmus lentārētis lentārent
perfect lentāverim lentāverīs lentāverit lentāverīmus lentāverītis lentāverint
pluperfect lentāvissem lentāvissēs lentāvisset lentāvissēmus lentāvissētis lentāvissent
passive present lenter lentēris,
lentēre 		lentētur lentēmur lentēminī lententur
imperfect lentārer lentārēris,
lentārēre 		lentārētur lentārēmur lentārēminī lentārentur
perfect lentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lentā — — lentāte —
future — lentātō lentātō — lentātōte lentantō
passive present — lentāre — — lentāminī —
future — lentātor lentātor — — lentantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lentāre lentāvisse lentātūrum esse lentārī lentātum esse lentātum īrī
participles lentāns — lentātūrus — lentātus lentandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lentandī lentandō lentandum lentandō lentātum lentātū

References[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese, from Latin lentus. The main sense of "slow" may be a learned one, as opposed to the original inherited meaning of "wet, humid", "moistened, soft", also found in the Old Spanish equivalent. Compare also Galician lento.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lento m (feminine singular lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, comparable)

  1. slow (not quick in motion)
  2. soft; not firm
  3. wet, humid, moistened, viscous, slimy

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of lento
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
positive lento lenta lentos lentas
comparative mais lento mais lenta mais lentos mais lentas
superlative o mais lento
lentíssimo 		a mais lenta
lentíssima 		os mais lentos
lentíssimos 		as mais lentas
lentíssimas
augmentative — — — —
diminutive lentinho lentinha lentinhos lentinhas

Related terms[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Italian lento.

Adverb[edit]

lento

  1. lento

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin lentus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish form liento (“humid, wet”), which has a meaning also found in some senses of Galician and Portuguese lento, Asturian llentu; cf. also Valencian Catalan llenta[1].

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlento/, [ˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: len‧to

Adjective[edit]

lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, superlative lentísimo)

  1. slow
    Synonym: tardo
    Antonym: rápido

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
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