lento.
slow (not quick in motion)
Meaning & usage
slow (not quick in motion)
soft; not firm
wet, humid, moistened
viscous, slimy
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lentus. The main sense of "slow" may be a learned one, as opposed to the original inherited meaning of "wet, humid", "moistened, soft", also found in the Old Spanish and Asturian equivalent. Compare also Galician lento and Asturian llentu.
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