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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish despacito.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -itu
- Hyphenation: des‧pa‧ci‧to
Adverb
despacito (not comparable)
- (Rio Grande do Sul) slowly (at a slow speed)
- Synonym: devagar
1913, “A Salamanca do Jarau”, in João Simões Lopes Neto, compiler, Lendas do Sul, Pelotas: Echenique & C. Editores, section X, pages 53–54:Blau Nunes tambem não quiz mais ver; traçou sobre o seu peito uma cruz larga, de defeza, na testa do seu cavalo outra, e deu de redea e despacíto foi baixando a encosta do serro, com o coração aliviado e retinindo como si dentro delle cantasse o passarinho verde...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1993, Porca Véia (lyrics and music), “Lembranças”, in Orelhador de Cordeona, Caxias do Sul: ACIT:E ao morrer nesta tarde morena / Quando o Sol despacito se vai / As lembranças tranqueiam com as águas / Passageiras do rio Uruguai- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From despacio + -ito.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /despaˈθito/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /despaˈsito/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: des‧pa‧ci‧to
Adjective
despacito (feminine despacita, masculine plural despacitos, feminine plural despacitas)
- diminutive of despacio
- easy does it
Adverb
despacito
- diminutive of despacio