lento

Meaning

slow

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
len‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlento/
Etymology

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.

Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
lento

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