ralentización

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

French ralentibor.

Spanish ralentí

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōlbor.

Old Spanish -izar

Spanish -izar

Spanish ralentizar

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiōnemlbor.

Spanish -ción

Spanish ralentización

From ralentizar + -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ralentiθaˈθjon/ [ra.lẽn̪.t̪i.θaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ralentisaˈsjon/ [ra.lẽn̪.t̪i.saˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ra‧len‧ti‧za‧ción

Noun

ralentización f (plural ralentizaciones)

1. a slowing, a slowing down: the action or effect of slowing something down

Further reading

• “ralentización”, 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