different between lento vs adagio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lento.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) Rhymes: -?nt??

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.

See also

• Tempo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Elton, Nolte, Tolen, let on, olent

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lento/
• Rhymes: -ento

Noun

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

1. lentil (plant, seed)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lento/, [?le?n?t?o?]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: len?to

Etymology 1

From 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

Derived terms

• lennosto

Compounds

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Italian lento.

Adverb

lento

1. (music) lento (slowly)

Anagrams

• leton, telon

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lento. Doublet of lent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?n.to/

Adverb

lento

1. (music) slowly; lento

Further reading

• “lento” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lento?/

Adjective

lento m (feminine singular 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

References

• “lento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “lento” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “lento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “lento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “lento” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Ingrian

Noun

lento

1. flight (the act of flying)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?n.to/
• Rhymes: -?nto

Adjective

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

1. slow

   Antonyms: svelto, veloce

Related terms

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?len.to?/, [????n?t?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?len.to/, [?l?n?t??]

Verb

lent? (present infinitive lent?re, perfect active lent?v?, supine lent?tum); first conjugation

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

Conjugation

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): /?l?.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?l?.tu/, [?l???????.t??]
• 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

Related terms

• lentidão

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): /?lento/, [?l?n?.t?o]
• Hyphenation: len?to

Adjective

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

1. slow

   Synonym: tardo

   Antonym: rápido

Derived terms

• cámara lenta
• más lento que el caballo del malo
• más lento que un desfile de cojos
• manjar lento

Related terms

References

• “lento” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio (plural adagios)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
2. (music) A passage having this mark.
3. (dance) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.

Translations

Adverb

adagio (not comparable)

1. (music) Played rather slowly.

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

1. (music) Describing a passage having this mark.

Usage notes

• When repeated as "adagio, adagio" means even slower

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??da?.d?o?/, /a??da?.(d)?i.o?/
• Hyphenation: ada?gio

Etymology 1

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio n (plural adagio's, diminutive adagiootje n)

1. adage

Synonyms

• adagium

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio n (plural adagio's, diminutive adagiootje n)

1. (music, dance) adagio

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

1. (music) describing a passage having this mark

Inflection

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.da(d)?.jo/

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

1. (music) adagio

Further reading

• “adagio” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology 1

ad (“at”) +? agio (“ease”)

Adverb

adagio

1. slowly

Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)

1. (music) adagio

Verb

adagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of adagiare

Etymology 2

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)

1. proverb, adage or saying

See also

• aforismo
• proverbio
• apoftegma
• motto

Latin

Noun

adagi? f (genitive adagi?nis); third declension

1. Alternative form of adagium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Noun

adagi?

1. dative singular of adagium
2. ablative singular of adagium

References

• adagio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adagio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian adagio (“slowly”).

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (definite singular adagioen, indefinite plural adagioer, definite plural adagioene)

1. (music) an adagio

Usage notes

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian adagio (“slowly”).

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (definite singular adagioen, indefinite plural adagioar, definite plural adagioane)

1. (music) an adagio

Usage notes

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

Romanian

Etymology

From Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio n (uncountable)

1. adagio

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?daxjo/, [a?ð?a.xjo]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

1. (music) adagio

Etymology 2

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

1. adage (old saying)

Further reading

• “adagio” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio (slowly)

Noun

adagio n

1. (music) adagio

Declension

References

• adagio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)