slow - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Adjectives / Adverbs

slow  adj.	lento, lenta
slow  adj.	a pasito
slow  adj.	acompasado, acompasada
slow  adj.	cansino, cansina
slow  adj.	lerdo, lerda
slow  adj.	moroso, morosa
slow  adj.	paulatino, paulatina
slow  adj.	flemático, flemática
slow  adj.	parsimonioso, parsimoniosa
slow  adj.	pausado, pausada
slow  adj.	piano piano [coll.]   - poco a poco, lentamente
slow  adj.	aguacate  m./f. (Lat. Am.: Am. Cen.) [coll.]   - lento
slow-moving  adj.	lento, lenta
slow-wave  adj.   - before noun	de onda lenta
slow motion   or: slow-motion  adj.	a cámara lenta
slow as molasses [coll.]	sumamente lento(-a)

Nouns

slow-mo   or: slo-mo [coll.]   - short for "slow motion" [CINE.][TELECOM.]	cámara lenta
slow court [SPORT.]	cancha lenta   [Tennis]
slow fading [TELECOM.]	caída de período largo
slow fading [TELECOM.]	caída lenta
slow neutron [PHYS.]	neutrón lento   [Nuclear energy]
slow motion   or: slow-motion [CINE.][TELECOM.]	cámara lenta
slow wave [TELECOM.]	onda lenta
slow-wave structure [ELEC.]	estructura de retardo
slow motion (or: slow-motion) picture [CINE.][TELECOM.]	secuencia a cámara lenta
slow-moving traffic lane (Brit.)	carril de tráfico lento   [Road Construction]

Verbs

to slow (sth. ⇔ ) down	frenar algo
to slow down	disminuir la velocidad
to slow down	aminorar la marcha
to slow (sth. ⇔ ) down	reducir
to slow down	disminuir
to slow down	decelerar algo
to slow down	desacelerar algo
to slow down	reducirse
to slow up  | slowed, slowed |	demorarse
to slow up  | slowed, slowed |	estancarse
to slow up  | slowed, slowed |	ralentizarse
to slow sth. ⇔  down	decelerar algo
to slow sth. ⇔  down	desacelerar algo
to slow so. (or: sth.) ⇔  up  | slowed, slowed |	demorar algo

Examples

The car is moving too slow on this road.	El coche va demasiado lento en esta carretera.
I just finished the book you lent me, on the one hand I loved the mystery story, but on the other hand, sometimes the story was too slow.	el libro que me prestaste, por un lado me encantó la historia de misterio, pero por otro, a veces el relato era demasieado lento.

Phrases / Collocations

to be slow on the uptake

tener malas entendederas [fig.] [coll.]

Orthographically similar words

blow, Blow, flow, glow, low, plow, show, silo, slaw, slew, slob, sloe, slog, slop, slot, Snow, snow, solo, sow, stow

show, silo, solo, sólo, Solo

Related search terms

languorous, ponderous, measured, slowly, indolent, stolid, steady, tardy