enlentecer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From en- + lento (“damp, moist”) + -ecer.
enlentecer (first-person singular present enlentezo, first-person singular preterite enlentecín, past participle enlentecido)
- (transitive) to dampen, to moisten
Conjugation of enlentecer (c-z alternation)
- “enlentecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
From en- + lento (“slow”) + -ecer.
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enlenteˈθeɾ/ [ẽn.lẽn̪.t̪eˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enlenteˈseɾ/ [ẽn.lẽn̪.t̪eˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧len‧te‧cer
enlentecer (first-person singular present enlentezco, first-person singular preterite enlentecí, past participle enlentecido)
- (transitive) to slow down, to hamper
2015 October 11, “Consejos para impuntuales”, in El País[1]:
Selected combined forms of enlentecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
- “enlentecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10