"lento" meaning in Portuguese

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlẽ.tu/ Forms: lenta [feminine], lentos [masculine, plural], lentas [feminine, plural], mais lento [comparative], o mais lento [superlative], lentíssimo [superlative], lentinho [diminutive]
Rhymes: -ẽtu Etymology: From Old Galician-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 and Asturian equivalent. Compare also Galician lento and Asturian llentu. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|-}} Old Galician-Portuguese, {{inh|pt|la|lentus}} Latin lentus, {{cog|gl|lento}} Galician lento, {{cog|ast|llentu}} Asturian llentu Head templates: {{pt-adj|dim=+|sup=+abs}} lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, comparable, comparative mais lento, superlative o mais lento or lentíssimo, diminutive lentinho)
  1. slow (not quick in motion) Tags: comparable Synonyms: rápido, veloz
    Sense id: en-lento-pt-adj-q~cuWz-W Categories (other): Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 6 21 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 0 18 0 8 2 3 17 4 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 23 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 20 0 5 1 2 20 2 12 0 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 50 17 32 1
  2. soft; not firm Tags: comparable Synonyms: mole
    Sense id: en-lento-pt-adj-unLT2j85
  3. wet, humid, moistened Tags: comparable Synonyms: húmido, úmido
    Sense id: en-lento-pt-adj-oV04NyQn Categories (other): Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 6 21 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 0 18 0 8 2 3 17 4 11 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 23 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 20 0 5 1 2 20 2 12 0
  4. viscous, slimy Tags: comparable Synonyms: viscoso
    Sense id: en-lento-pt-adj-sjmJoGH4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lentidão

Inflected forms

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