lentidão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lentitūdinem. By surface analysis, lento (“slow”) +‎ -idão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /lẽ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [lẽ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lẽ.tiˈdɐ̃w̃/ [lẽ.tiˈðɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: len‧ti‧dão

Noun

lentidão f (plural lentidões)

  1. slowness (quality of being slow)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.