lento

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lento.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lento (comparative more lento, superlative most lento)

  1. (music) Very slow.

Adverb

lento (comparative more lento, superlative most lento)

  1. (music) Very slowly.

Noun

lento (plural lentos)

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

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Esperanto

Noun

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

  1. lentil (plant, seed)

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: len‧to

Etymology 1

lentää (“to fly”) +‎ -o

Noun

lento

  1. The act of flying or being in the air.
  2. The flight in a flying vehicle or spacecraft.
Declension
Inflection of lento (Kotus type 1/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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Italian lento.

Adverb

lento

  1. (music) lento (slowly)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lento. Doublet of lent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛn.to/

Adverb

lento

  1. (music) slowly; lento

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

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 Portuguese lento, Asturian llentu.

Adjective

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

  1. slow
  2. soft, not firm
  3. wet, humid, moist, covered in mold

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Ingrian

Noun

lento

  1. flight (the act of flying)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lentus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛn.to/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

lento (feminine singular lenta, masculine plural lenti, feminine plural lente)

  1. slow

Antonyms

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlen.toː/, [ˈɫɛn.toː]

Verb

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

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

Inflection

   Conjugation of lento (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 lentātūrus esse lentārī lentātus esse lentātum īrī
participles lentāns — lentātūrus — lentātus lentandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
lentāre lentandī lentandō lentandum lentātum lentātū

References

  • lento in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lento in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

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

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlẽ.tu/
  • Hyphenation: len‧to

Adjective

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. slow

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