lento

Significado (Inglês)

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

Oposto de
rápido
Freqüência

B2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈlento̝/
Etimologia (Inglês)

In summary

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 equivalent. Compare also Portuguese lento, Asturian llentu.

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