lento

See also: Lento

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lento.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛntəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛntoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ

Adjective

lento (comparative more lento, superlative most lento)

1. (music) Slow (45–60 bpm). [since 1724]

Translations

(music) lento

• Finnish: lento (fi), hitaasti (fi)
• German: lento (de)
• Indonesian: lento (id)
• Romanian: lento (ro)

Noun

lento (plural lentos)

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

Related terms

• lentulid
• relent

See also

• Tempo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Elton, Nolte, Olten, Tolen, let on, olent

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lentus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. slow

Derived terms

• lentament

Related terms

• lentitut (“slowness”)

Further reading

• 2022 October, Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA) (version 13) (in Aragonese), page 1496
• 2024 October, Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán: Estudio de Filología Aragonesa (version 14) (in Aragonese), page 713
• “lento”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlento/ [ˈlẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: len‧to

Adjective

lento

1. neuter of lentu

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin lēns. Doublet of lenso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlento/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: len‧to

Noun

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

1. lentil (plant, seed)

Further reading

• “lento”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “lento”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlento/, [ˈle̞n̪t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification^(key): len‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): len‧to

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lento. Equivalent to lentää (“to fly”) +‎ -o.

Noun

lento

1. flying, flight (act of flying or being in the air)
2. flight (of an aircraft, other flying vehicle or spacecraft)
3. (figuratively) flight (fast and/or smooth movement)

Declension

Inflection of lento (Kotus type 1*J/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
abessive		lennotta	lennoitta
instructive		—	lennoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lento (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt–nn gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lentoni lentoni accusative nom. lentoni lentoni gen. lentoni genitive lentoni lentojeni partitive lentoani lentojani inessive lennossani lennoissani elative lennostani lennoistani illative lentooni lentoihini adessive lennollani lennoillani ablative lennoltani lennoiltani allative lennolleni lennoilleni essive lentonani lentoinani translative lennokseni lennoikseni abessive lennottani lennoittani instructive — — comitative — lentoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lentosi lentosi accusative nom. lentosi lentosi gen. lentosi genitive lentosi lentojesi partitive lentoasi lentojasi inessive lennossasi lennoissasi elative lennostasi lennoistasi illative lentoosi lentoihisi adessive lennollasi lennoillasi ablative lennoltasi lennoiltasi allative lennollesi lennoillesi essive lentonasi lentoinasi translative lennoksesi lennoiksesi abessive lennottasi lennoittasi instructive — — comitative — lentoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lentomme lentomme accusative nom. lentomme lentomme gen. lentomme genitive lentomme lentojemme partitive lentoamme lentojamme inessive lennossamme lennoissamme elative lennostamme lennoistamme illative lentoomme lentoihimme adessive lennollamme lennoillamme ablative lennoltamme lennoiltamme allative lennollemme lennoillemme essive lentonamme lentoinamme translative lennoksemme lennoiksemme abessive lennottamme lennoittamme instructive — — comitative — lentoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lentonne lentonne accusative nom. lentonne lentonne gen. lentonne genitive lentonne lentojenne partitive lentoanne lentojanne inessive lennossanne lennoissanne elative lennostanne lennoistanne illative lentoonne lentoihinne adessive lennollanne lennoillanne ablative lennoltanne lennoiltanne allative lennollenne lennoillenne essive lentonanne lentoinanne translative lennoksenne lennoiksenne abessive lennottanne lennoittanne instructive — — comitative — lentoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative lentonsa lentonsa accusative nom. lentonsa lentonsa gen. lentonsa genitive lentonsa lentojensa partitive lentoaan lentoansa lentojaan lentojansa inessive lennossaan lennossansa lennoissaan lennoissansa elative lennostaan lennostansa lennoistaan lennoistansa illative lentoonsa lentoihinsa adessive lennollaan lennollansa lennoillaan lennoillansa ablative lennoltaan lennoltansa lennoiltaan lennoiltansa allative lennolleen lennollensa lennoilleen lennoillensa essive lentonaan lentonansa lentoinaan lentoinansa translative lennokseen lennoksensa lennoikseen lennoiksensa abessive lennottaan lennottansa lennoittaan lennoittansa instructive — — comitative — lentoineen lentoinensa

Derived terms

• lennokas
• lennokki
• lennosto
• -lentoinen

compounds

• avaruuslento
• charterlento
• ensilento
• halpalento
• häälento
• ilmalento
• jatkolento
• kaukolento
• koelento
• kotimaanlento
• koululento
• koulutuslento
• kuulento
• laululento
• lennonjohtaja
• lennonjohto
• lennonopettaja
• lennonrekisteröintilaite
• lennonselvittäjä
• lennonselvitys
• lennonvalvonta
• lennonvalvontamittari
• lennonvarmentaja
• lennonvarmistus
• lentoaika
• lentoambulanssi
• lentoarvotallennin
• lentoase
• lentoasema
• lentoaukko
• lentoauto
• lentobensiini
• lentoemo
• lentoemäntä
• lentohaalari
• lentohavainto
• lentohenkilöstö
• lentohiekka
• lentohietikko
• lentohyökkäys
• lentohäpeä
• lentojarru
• lentojojo
• lentokaaos
• lentokala
• lentokalusto
• lentokansi
• lentokapteeni
• lentokeli
• lentokelpoinen
• lentokelvoton
• lentokenttä
• lentokielto
• lentokirjanen
• lentokirje
• lentokoira
• lentokone
• lentokorkeus
• lentokoulu
• lentokoulutus
• lentokuljetus
• lentokurssi
• lentokuva
• lentokuvio
• lentokyky
• lentokäytävä
• lentolaite
• lentolaivasto
• lentolaivue
• lentolannoitus
• lentolaskenta
• lentolaukku
• lentolehti
• lentolehtinen
• lentolevitys
• lentolihas
• lentoliike
• lentoliikenne
• lentolinja
• lentolippu
• lentolisko
• lentolupakirja
• lentolyönti
• lentomajakka
• lentomatka
• lentomatkailu
• lentomatkustaja
• lentomekaanikko
• lentomelu
• lentomerkki
• lentomestari
• lentomiehistö
• lentomittari
• lentomittaus
• lentomuodostelma
• lentomuurahainen
• lentomyrkytys
• lentomäki
• lentonahka
• lentoneuvo
• lentonoki
• lentonopeus
• lentonumero
• lentonäytös
• lento-ominaisuus
• lentoonammunta
• lentoonlähtö
• lento-onnettomuus
• lento-osasto
• lentopaikka
• lentopallo
• lentopelastus
• lentopeli
• lentopelko
• lentoperämies
• lentopetroli
• lentopinta
• lentopoikanen
• lentopommi
• lentopommitus
• lentoponnahdus
• lentoposti
• lentopotku
• lentopusu
• lentopäiväkirja
• lentorahti
• lentorahtikirja
• lentorata
• lentoreitti
• lentoruiskutus
• lentosammakko
• lentosatama
• lentosimulaattori
• lentosotamies
• lentosukka
• lentosulka
• lentosuudelma
• lentosuukko
• lentosuunnistaja
• lentosuunnistus
• lentosuunnitelma
• lentosuunta
• lentosää
• lentotaito
• lentotaksi
• lentotekniikka
• lentotekninen
• lentoterminaali
• lentotiedot
• lentotiedotusalue
• lentotiedustelu
• lentotila
• lentotoiminta
• lentotoimisto
• lentotuhka
• lentotukialus
• lentotukikohta
• lentotunti
• lentoturma
• lentoturvallisuus
• lentotähti
• lentourheilu
• lentovakuutus
• lentovalo
• lentovalokuva
• lentovaneri
• lentovaruste
• lentovene
• lentovuoro
• lentoväline
• lentoväylä
• lentoyhteys
• lentoyhtiö
• liikennelento
• liitolento
• liukulento
• lomalento
• lähilento
• matalalento
• matkalento
• menolento
• mittarilento
• moottorilento
• muodostelmalento
• näkölento
• ohilento
• paluulento
• pariutumislento
• parveilulento
• pelastuslento
• pimeälento
• pommituslento
• postilento
• purjelento
• rahtilento
• reittilento
• sairaankuljetuslento
• selkälento
• siirtolento
• soidinlento
• sokkolento
• sukkulalento
• taitolento
• taksilento
• tiedustelulento
• tilauslento
• tähdenlento
• ulkomaanlento
• ultrakevytlento
• vaakalento
• yksinlento
• yksityislento
• ylilento
• yölento

Further reading

• “1. lento”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Italian lento.

Adverb

lento

1. (music) lento (slowly)

Further reading

• “2. lento”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• leton, telon

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lento. Doublet of lent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛn.to/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adverb

lento

1. (music) slowly; lento

Further reading

• “lento”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

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 equivalent. Compare also Portuguese lento, Asturian llentu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlento/ [ˈlen̪.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: len‧to

Adjective

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

1. slow

   Synonyms: tardo, vagaroso

   Antonym: rápido

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

Derived terms

• Agrolento
• enlentecer
• lentamente
• lentura

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “lento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lento”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “lento”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “lento”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Italian lento, from Latin lentus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛnto/ [ˈlen̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Syllabification: len‧to

Adverb

lento

1. (music) lento

   Synonym: lambat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦊꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴ (lento, “swelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /lənˈto/ [lən̪ˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: len‧to

Noun

lênto (plural lento-lento)

1. (cooking) snack made from ground, seasoned, hand-rolled, then fried mung beans

Further reading

• “lento”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lento, equivalent to lentää (“to fly”) +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish lento and Estonian lend.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlento/, [ˈlʲe̞ntŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlento/, [ˈle̞nd̥o̞]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈlento/, [ˈle̞nd̥o̞]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: len‧to

Noun

lento

1. flight

   lähtiä lentoo ― to start flying (literally, “to leave into a flight”)

Declension

Declension of lento (type 4/koivu, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lento	lennot
genitive	lennon	lentoin, lentoloin
partitive	lentoa	lentoja, lentoloja
illative	lentoo	lentoi, lentoloihe
inessive	lennoos	lennois, lentolois
elative	lennost	lennoist, lentoloist
allative	lennolle	lennoille, lentoloille
adessive	lennool	lennoil, lentoloil
ablative	lennolt	lennoilt, lentoloilt
translative	lennoks	lennoiks, lentoloiks
essive	lentonna, lentoon	lentoinna, lentoloinna, lentoin, lentoloin
exessive1)	lentont	lentoint, lentoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 260
• Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 100

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛn.to/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: lèn‧to

Adjective

lento (feminine lenta, masculine plural lenti, feminine plural lente, superlative lentissimo)

1. slow

   Antonyms: svelto, veloce

Noun

lento m (plural lenti)

1. slow dance
   • 2024, Ricchi e Poveri, “Aria [Air]”, in Aria [Air], performed by Ricchi e Poveri:

     Regina, mi concede questo lento?

     Queen, will you allow me this slow dance?

Related terms

• allentare
• lentamente
• lentezza
• rallentare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛn.to]

Adjective

lentō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lentus

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lentō (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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		lentāre			lentārī			lentāns			—
future		lentātūrum esse			lentātum īrī			lentātūrus			lentandus
perfect		lentāvisse			lentātum esse			—			lentātus
future perfect		—			lentātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		lentātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		lentandī		lentandō		lentandum		lentandō		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 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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.tu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: len‧to

Adjective

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)

   Antonyms: rápido, veloz

2. soft; not firm

   Synonym: mole

3. wet, humid, moistened

   Synonyms: húmido (Portugal), úmido (Brazil)

4. viscous, slimy

   Synonym: viscoso

Related terms

• lentidão

Further reading

• “lento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian lento.

Adverb

lento

1. lento

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 Galician and Portuguese lento, Asturian llentu; cf. also Valencian Catalan llenta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlento/ [ˈlẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: len‧to

Adjective

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

1. slow

   Synonym: tardo

   Antonym: rápido

Derived terms

• 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 (“slowness”)

Further reading

• “lento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025