enlentecer
Galician
Etymology
From en- + lento (“damp, moist”) + -ecer.
Verb
enlentecer (first-person singular present enlentezo, first-person singular preterite enlentecín, past participle enlentecido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of enlentecer (c-z alternation)
Further reading
- “enlentecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From en- + lento (“slow”) + -ecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enlenteˈθeɾ/ [ẽn.lẽn̪.t̪eˈθeɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /enlenteˈseɾ/ [ẽn.lẽn̪.t̪eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: en‧len‧te‧cer
Verb
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]:
- Tener compromisos de más enlentece y retrasa su agenda.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of enlentecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of enlentecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive enlentecer | dative | enlentecerme | enlentecerte | enlentecerle, enlentecerse | enlentecernos | enlenteceros | enlentecerles, enlentecerse |
| accusative | enlentecerme | enlentecerte | enlentecerlo, enlentecerla, enlentecerse | enlentecernos | enlenteceros | enlentecerlos, enlentecerlas, enlentecerse | |
| with gerund enlenteciendo | dative | enlenteciéndome | enlenteciéndote | enlenteciéndole, enlenteciéndose | enlenteciéndonos | enlenteciéndoos | enlenteciéndoles, enlenteciéndose |
| accusative | enlenteciéndome | enlenteciéndote | enlenteciéndolo, enlenteciéndola, enlenteciéndose | enlenteciéndonos | enlenteciéndoos | enlenteciéndolos, enlenteciéndolas, enlenteciéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative enlentece | dative | enlentéceme | enlentécete | enlentécele | enlentécenos | not used | enlentéceles |
| accusative | enlentéceme | enlentécete | enlentécelo, enlentécela | enlentécenos | not used | enlentécelos, enlentécelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative enlentecé | dative | enlenteceme | enlentecete | enlentecele | enlentecenos | not used | enlenteceles |
| accusative | enlenteceme | enlentecete | enlentecelo, enlentecela | enlentecenos | not used | enlentecelos, enlentecelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative enlentezca | dative | enlentézcame | not used | enlentézcale, enlentézcase | enlentézcanos | not used | enlentézcales |
| accusative | enlentézcame | not used | enlentézcalo, enlentézcala, enlentézcase | enlentézcanos | not used | enlentézcalos, enlentézcalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative enlentezcamos | dative | not used | enlentezcámoste | enlentezcámosle | enlentezcámonos | enlentezcámoos | enlentezcámosles |
| accusative | not used | enlentezcámoste | enlentezcámoslo, enlentezcámosla | enlentezcámonos | enlentezcámoos | enlentezcámoslos, enlentezcámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative enlenteced | dative | enlentecedme | not used | enlentecedle | enlentecednos | enlenteceos | enlentecedles |
| accusative | enlentecedme | not used | enlentecedlo, enlentecedla | enlentecednos | enlenteceos | enlentecedlos, enlentecedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative enlentezcan | dative | enlentézcanme | not used | enlentézcanle | enlentézcannos | not used | enlentézcanles, enlentézcanse |
| accusative | enlentézcanme | not used | enlentézcanlo, enlentézcanla | enlentézcannos | not used | enlentézcanlos, enlentézcanlas, enlentézcanse | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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], 10 December 2024