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Italian
Etymology
From ra- + allentare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ral.lenˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ral‧len‧tà‧re
Verb
rallentàre (first-person singular present rallènto, first-person singular past historic rallentài, past participle rallentàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to slow, to slow down (movement, speed, the pace, etc.)
- Synonyms: decelerare, frenare
- Antonyms: accelerare, affrettare
- (transitive) to diminish, to reduce (effort, discipline, etc.)
- Synonym: attenuare
- (transitive) to reduce the number of, to make less frequent
- Synonyms: diradare, ridurre
- (transitive, rare) to slacken, to loosen (reins, a rope, etc.)
- Synonym: allentare
- (intransitive) to slow down, to reduce speed, to decelerate
- Synonyms: decelerare, frenare, ridurre la velocità
- Antonyms: accelerare, aumentare la velocità
- (intransitive) to diminish, to reduce in intensity
- (intransitive) to become less frequent
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
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