"lento" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlento/, [ˈlẽn̪.t̪o] Forms: lenta [feminine], lentos [masculine, plural], lentas [feminine, plural], lentísimo [superlative]
Rhymes: -ento Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lent- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *lentos Latin lentuslbor. Spanish lento Learned borrowing 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. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:lbor|la:lentus|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lent- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *lentos Latin lentuslbor. Spanish lento [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*lentos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lent-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "root" }, { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "lentus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "lento", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="lento">, {{lbor|es|la|lentus}} Learned borrowing from Latin lentus, {{cog|gl|-}} Galician, {{cog|pt|lento}} Portuguese lento, {{cog|ast|llentu}} Asturian llentu, {{cog|ca|llenta}} Catalan llenta, {{ety|es|:lbor|la:lentus|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lent- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *lentos Latin lentuslbor. Spanish lento Head templates: {{es-adj|sup=lentísimo}} lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, superlative lentísimo)
  1. slow Synonyms: tardo Derived forms: a fuego lento, cámara lenta, enlentecer, lentamente, manjar lento, más lento que el caballo del malo, más lento que un desfile de cojos, olla de cocción lenta Related terms: lentitud (english: slowness)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*lent-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lent-"
    ],
    [
      "*-os",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-os#Proto-Indo-European:_thematic"
    ],
    [
      "lentus",
      "lentus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "lentus",
      "lentus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "liento",
      "liento#Old_Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "lento",
      "lento#Portuguese"
    ],
    [
      "llentu",
      "llentu#Asturian"
    ],
    [
      "llenta",
      "llenta#Catalan"
    ]
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": ":lbor",
        "3": "la:lentus",
        "tree": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *lent-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Italic *lentos\nLatin lentuslbor.\nSpanish lento\n[Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*lentos\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*lent-\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\", \"pos\" : \"root\" }, { \"id\" : \"thematic\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-os\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"lentus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"lbor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Spanish\", \"term\" : \"lento\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"es\" }\" data-lang=\"es\" data-title=\"lento\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lentus"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin lentus",
      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "lento"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese lento",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ast",
        "2": "llentu"
      },
      "expansion": "Asturian llentu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "llenta"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan llenta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": ":lbor",
        "3": "la:lentus",
        "tree": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *lent-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Italic *lentos\nLatin lentuslbor.\nSpanish lento",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *lent-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Italic *lentos\nLatin lentuslbor.\nSpanish lento\nLearned borrowing 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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lenta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lentos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lentas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lentísimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "sup": "lentísimo"
      },
      "expansion": "lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, superlative lentísimo)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "len‧to"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "len‧to"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rápido"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
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          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 14 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "es:Time",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "a fuego lento"
        },
        {
          "word": "cámara lenta"
        },
        {
          "word": "enlentecer"
        },
        {
          "word": "lentamente"
        },
        {
          "word": "manjar lento"
        },
        {
          "word": "más lento que el caballo del malo"
        },
        {
          "word": "más lento que un desfile de cojos"
        },
        {
          "word": "olla de cocción lenta"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              21,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Please, talk slower.",
          "text": "Por favor, habla más lento.",
          "translation": "Please, talk slower.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "slow"
      ],
      "id": "en-lento-es-adj-Xgz3vR36",
      "links": [
        [
          "slow",
          "slow"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "slowness",
          "translation": "slowness",
          "word": "lentitud"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tardo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlento/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlẽn̪.t̪o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ento"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lento"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "a fuego lento"
    },
    {
      "word": "cámara lenta"
    },
    {
      "word": "enlentecer"
    },
    {
      "word": "lentamente"
    },
    {
      "word": "manjar lento"
    },
    {
      "word": "más lento que el caballo del malo"
    },
    {
      "word": "más lento que un desfile de cojos"
    },
    {
      "word": "olla de cocción lenta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*lent-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lent-"
    ],
    [
      "*-os",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-os#Proto-Indo-European:_thematic"
    ],
    [
      "lentus",
      "lentus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "lentus",
      "lentus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "liento",
      "liento#Old_Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "lento",
      "lento#Portuguese"
    ],
    [
      "llentu",
      "llentu#Asturian"
    ],
    [
      "llenta",
      "llenta#Catalan"
    ]
  ],
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        "tree": "+"
      },
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      "name": "ety"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin lentus",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "lento"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese lento",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ast",
        "2": "llentu"
      },
      "expansion": "Asturian llentu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "llenta"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan llenta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": ":lbor",
        "3": "la:lentus",
        "tree": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *lent-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Italic *lentos\nLatin lentuslbor.\nSpanish lento",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *lent-\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Italic *lentos\nLatin lentuslbor.\nSpanish lento\nLearned borrowing 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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lenta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lentos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lentas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lentísimo",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "sup": "lentísimo"
      },
      "expansion": "lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lentos, feminine plural lentas, superlative lentísimo)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "len‧to"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "len‧to"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "english": "slowness",
      "translation": "slowness",
      "word": "lentitud"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "word": "rápido"
        }
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        "Spanish 2-syllable words",
        "Spanish adjectives",
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        "Spanish lemmas",
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        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
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          "english": "Please, talk slower.",
          "text": "Por favor, habla más lento.",
          "translation": "Please, talk slower.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "slow"
      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "tardo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlento/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlẽn̪.t̪o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ento"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lento"
}

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